Rio Paralympics 2016 medal table: Great Britain in second with five gold medals as China lead the way with seven

HOW many medals do Team GB have at the 2016 Rio Paralympics?

It’ll be an oft-asked question in the next few weeks… and we’ve got the answer right here.

Megan Giglia won Great Britain’s first medal of the Games in the Rio Velodrome on Thursday’s opening day of action.

She won gold in the C1-2-3 3km individual pursuit and clocked a world record in qualifying in 4:03.544.

Giglia said: “To be fair it hasn’t sunk in yet, all I know is I wouldn’t be here without my team, the back up crew behind me here, my family and friends.

“I only look forward to the future. I didn’t think I would make it to Rio, I thought it was a bit ambitious but I thought I would give it a go.

“Within the British camp the atmosphere is great, everyone is hyped up and ready to go.

“I hope this will be the first of many golds. I’ve still got three events to go so we’ll have to see.

“I’ve got my main event out of the way now so I can just enjoy the rest of them with my legs pedalling fast.”

Dame Sarah Storey won the 12th gold medal of her career to cement her place as the most successful female Paralympian of all time.

Steve Bate and his tandem pilot Adam Duggleby took gold the 4km pursuit and qualified quickest in another world record of 4:08.146.

There was also success in the pool for Team GB as Ollie Hynd won Britain’s fourth with victory in the S8 400m freestyle.

See the table above for the full standings…