ParalympicsGB cyclists get off the mark despite heartbreak for Kadeena Cox

This meant she would cycle fifth out of six athletes in the afternoon, directly after France’s Marie Patouillet, who was roared around with the fervour of a thousand Tricolores, a giant cardboard model of her head waved from the stands. Assured a medal, Patouillet lofted her bike above her head. But that heady atmosphere dropped to a sudden, dazed silence as Cox struggled out of the blocks, wobbled, failed to pick up speed and slid to the ground before the first bend.