By Tom Harle at Clichy-sous-Bois

Liverpool cyclist Lora Fachie went to her Paralympic ‘happy place’ and came out with a bronze medal.

On the day she turned 36, Fachie and sighted pilot Corrine Hall reached the podium in the women’s time trial event at Paris 2024.

It was Fachie’s second medal of the Games after she also bagged bronze in the 3000m individual pursuit in the velodrome.

“It's great to get a second medal in the Games,” said Fachie, who is one of over 1,000 elite athletes on UK Sport’s National Lottery-funded World Class Programme, allowing them to train full time, have access to the world’s best coaches and benefit from pioneering medical support – which has been vital on their pathway to the Paris 2024 Games.

“Two bronzes, we couldn’t have done anything more there. We left it all out so it's great to come away with something.”

Fachie and Hall relished the transition from the track to road rather than dreading the short recovery time between the two disciplines.

“To be honest, I love the switch to the road,” she said.

“The track is like a pressure cooker, it just builds and builds and builds. I do it, but I find it very stressful whereas I love the road, it's always nice to make that switch coming onto the road.

“I always feel a lot more relaxed. I’m in my happy place when I’m out on the road.”

The race took place in an unremarkable north-eastern suburb of Paris, a short ride from where Kylian Mbappe was born.

Fachie and Hall sat in fourth place at the 5.8km mark, the first checkpoint, making the most of a flat and speedy section that plunged through Bondy Forest.

The British pair worked their way into the medal positions as the race went on and crossed the line in a time of 40:41.30, nearly a minute clear of fourth place.

“The course has got a bit of everything, it's hilly, it's fast, it's technical,” said Hall. “It had a bit of everything, we gave it everything, we left everything out there and you can’t really ask for much more.”

“It was a great atmosphere. It's hard to take it all in when you’re going as hard as you can. Coming into the home straight, the noise on the barriers and the banging was incredible. I think it's only going to get better for the road race and that’s what we do it for. We love it. Can’t wait.”

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