JACO VAN GASS won the battle of the Britons to retain his Paralympic crown, before compatriot Lizzi Jordan claimed gold on her Games debut.

Afghanistan veteran Van Gass smashed his own world record en route to successfully defending the men’s C3 3,000m individual pursuit title in a final showdown with Scottish silver medallist Fin Graham.

Visually impaired world champion Jordan, who lost her eyesight after contracting a rare strain of E coli bacteria as a university student, then topped the podium alongside pilot Danni Khan in the women’s B 1,000m time trial.