Lora Fachie might not have been able to defend her Paralympic title, but she had nothing but a smile on her face as she stormed to bronze in front of her son in Paris.

The Liverpudlian produced a dominating display in the women's 3000m individual pursuit bronze medal match to clock at time of 3:20.488 and beat fellow Brit Lizzi Jordan to the podium.

Bronze came just mere moments after her husband Neil took men's kilo time trial silver in Paris, the pair unable to replicate their back-to-back golden double from Tokyo.

Since Tokyo, Fachie has become a mother, giving birth to son Fraser in October 2022. And with Fraser in attendance to watch his mum clinch bronze in Paris, the Brit revealed that there were a few tears of joy shed.

“It was very special, I know there were a few tears shed, tears of joy," said Fachie, who is part of Aldi’s Nearest and Dearest programme in partnership with ParalympicsGB, helping to maximise support and minimise potential distractions for athletes so that they can focus on their performance.

"It’s very special and to be able to go out and do this whilst being a mum its great.

"To get a medal and get a piece of the Eiffel tower is pretty special."

Fachie knows that her son might not quite understand the significance of a Paralympic medal but revealed that he knows more about bikes than the average one year old.

“He understands the bike and he knows that I ride with Corinne, so he likes his mummy and Corinne, and he knows we ride very fast," she added.

"When we were watching the Olympics, we were telling him all about it and he learned to say go ‘Team GB’, so we’ve been trying to teach him ‘ParalympicsGB’.

"He knew gold, silver, bronze medals and that’s it really. For me, to see him happy and thriving, that’s the important thing."

Fachie's attention now turns to the road where the pair will look to improve on their Tokyo efforts.

They finished fifth in the road race and fourth in the 1000m time trial three years ago, with fifth place also seeing a mechanical on the first lap rue their chances of a podium.

And with one medal already in the bag in Paris, Fachie is excited to get back out there and finish what she started on the road.

“We’ve got a bit of unfinished business on the road in Tokyo when we had a mechanical in the road race," she said.

 "We haven’t got any pressure on us; I just want to go out and enjoy it and if we’re happy then the rewards will come from that."

Hall added: "We’re really happy, we went out there, we gave it everything on the track.

"Fair play to Jenny and Sophie who have massively stepped up since Tokyo and they did two rides which were phenomenal and were miles above the rest of the field today so cracking to see.

"We’re really proud and excited for the road in the next few days."

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