<
>

More gold glory as Parker wins para-cycling road race

Lauren Parker of Team Australia competes during the Women's H1-3 Individual Road Cycling Time Trial Kevin Voigt/GettyImages

Lauren Parker is continuing to rewrite the history books, leaving a chasing pack in her wake on her way to claiming a Paralympic gold medal in the cycling road race.

Just a day after finishing with silver in the H1-3 individual time trial, the Australian returned to the Parisian satellite town of Clichy-sous-Bois on Thursday to win the H1-4 road race.

Parker's victory follows her gold-medal win in the PTWC1 triathlon and makes her the first Australian to win multiple golds in different sports at a Games since 1976.

"Hard work pays off," Parker told the Nine Netowrk.

"I've put in a lot of hard work in training and my preparation, so I'm just so stoked that it has paid off.

"I've come away with three medals in these games and two gold."

On a rain-soaked course, the 35-year-old Parker won the road race by finishing a remarkable 4 minutes 11 seconds ahead of reigning Paralympic champion Jennette Janson.

"I just treated it like a time trial and made the most of my opportunity on the first hill to get away," Parker said.

"It definitely wasn't easy. My arms are absolutely smashed.

"It's been a full-on program and I'm just so over the moon with my race today."