ParalympicsGB have won their first medal of the 2012 Games with Mark Colbourne taking Silver in the Men’s C1-2-3 1km Time Trial in a time of 1:08.471. China’s Li Zhang Yu took the Gold in a thrilling velodrome final time of 1:05.021 (a C1 World Record), with Germany’s Thomas Graf setting a C2 World Record of 1:09.979 for Bronze. GB’s Darren Kenny was briefly in first place, after recording a time of 1:10.203 (0.792 seconds faster than the previous best), but finished proceedings in fourth. Despite a valiant effort Richard Waddon only managed ninth on 1:11.394