Paralympics 2012: Anthony Kappes And Craig MacLean Make It Three Sunday Golds For ParalympicsGB (PICTURES)

Another Golden Day For ParalympicsGB

The velodrome erupted on Sunday as ParalympicsGB went head-to-head in a thrilling gold medal battle of Britain tandem team tussle.

Anthony Kappes and Craig MacLean came out on top in the clash - which pitted them against Neil Fachie and Barney Storey in the sprint final.

The crowd rose to their feet producing a cauldron of noise on the final day of track cycling action.

Anthony Kappes and Craig Maclean celebrate winning Gold in the Men's Individual B Sprint

Kappes and his pilot MacLean comfortably won both races in the best of three match-up.

The result meant a gold and silver for the pairings in another successful day for ParalympicsGB.

Speaking of the win, Kappes said: "It was brilliant, the atmosphere.

"And racing against Barney and Neil, it's pretty good."

Fachie said: "We know what each other can do. We knew it would be the toughest race we'd have and on the day they were better than us."

Kappes and MacLean set a blistering new world record in the heats for this afternoon's final, which set the scene for their stunning win in which they beat their rivals by almost a lap in the final.

After mechanical trouble at the start on Saturday, the pair did not finish the one-kilometre time-trial - the event in which Fachie and Storey won gold in a world record time.

The win came minutes before Darren Kenny, Rik Waddon and Jon-Allan Butterworth were narrowly pipped into second place in the team sprint final.

It proved to be the final action in the velodrome, which saw ParalympicsGB win a total of five gold, seven silver and three bronze medals over four days.

The Great Britain Mixed Coxed Four (from the left Pamela Relph, Naomi Riches, David Smith, James Roe and cox Lily van den Broecke) celebrate with their medals

Today's dramatic scenes capped another medal-laden day in which Britain won three gold, four silver and one bronze medals.

David Smith, James Roe, Naomi Riches, Pam Relph and cox Lily van den Broecke were given a royal seal of approval as they won gold in front of the Duchess of Cambridge at Eton Dorney.

There was also success in the Olympic Stadium, as Welshman Aled Davies won gold in front of the roaring crowd.

Paralympic debutant Davies, 21, won gold in the discus to go along with the bronze he won in Friday's shot put.

Wheeling away in delight, Davies, who was born with talipese and hemi-hemilia in his right leg meaning the limb is missing bones, muscle and ligaments, turned to the fans before embarking on an emotional lap of honour.

He said: "I am probably the happiest guy on the planet right now."

Long jump star Stef Reid, 27, set a lifetime best as she leapt to silver - recording two new Paralympic records in the process.

The 27-year-old, who lost her right leg below the knee in a boating accident aged 16, was only denied gold by a whisker.

Theresa May and Danny Alexander watch the rowing finals at Eton Dorne

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Sophie Wells, 22, from Newark, Nottinghamshire, also landed silver at the equestrian centre at Greenwich Park.

The rider, who was born with amniotic band syndrome, which affects her joints, won second place in the Grade IV individual event.

Wheelchair tennis star and flag bearer of the Games Peter Norfolk, 51, coasted to victory in his opening match, winning 6-0 6-0.

However, there was disappointment at Eton Dorney, where gold medal favourite Tom Aggar finished fourth in the AS men's single sculls final.

Former Army captain Nick Beighton and partner also had to settle for fourth in the mixed adaptive rowing sculls final with Samantha Scowen.

Beighton, 30, lost both legs just three years ago in an Afghan bomb blast, in which he had to be administered 31 pints in blood transfusions.

There are hopes of further medals tonight, as David Weir takes to the Olympic stadium to contest the 5000m T54 final.

Paralympic South African superstar Oscar Pistorius will also bid for a gold medal in the 200 metres.

Britain now sits second in the table with 12 gold, 21 silver and 12 bronze - taking the medal haul to 45.

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