Jenny Holl (left) after winning a silver medal in the Women's B Individual Time Trial at the Paralympic Games. Image provided by PA / Alamy.
Holl and Newson claim double silver success in Paris
Loughborough-linked athletes Jenny Holl and Zoe Newson both won Paralympic silver medals for Great Britain on another fruitful day in France.
Holl brilliantly piloted visually impaired Sophie Unwin to second place in the Women's B Individual Time Trial to win a third medal of the Games.
Alongside Unwin, the Loughborough Lightning Cycling rider clocked 39:40.18 as Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy (pilot: Linda Kelly) won gold. British team-mates Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall claimed bronze.
Over in Para Powerlifting, Loughborough University-based Zoe Newson won a dramatic silver medal in the Women’s -45kg category.
Needing to lift 109kg for second place it appeared the Brit had fouled before she successfully appealed and overturned the judges’ decision. It’s Newson’s first silver medal at the Paralympic Games after winning bronze at both London 2012 and Rio 2016.
China’s Guo Lingling completed a world record lift of 122kg for gold, with Turkey athlete Nazmiye Muralti third.
Speaking to the media after all medal success, Newson said: “I don’t really know how I’m feeling. Good, happy, emotional, a bit of everything.
“It was very different to Tokyo but it was good. Once I get my first or second [lift], I’m alright as I get a lot calmer. By my second or third, I’m waving to the crowd.
"It has been great. Paris has been a great Paralympics, I’m glad to come away with this."
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Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme and named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings – the eighth year running.
Loughborough is ranked 6th in The UK Complete University Guide 2025, 10th in the Guardian University League Table 2024 and 10th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’, and in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 over 90% of its research was rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
Jenny Holl (left) after winning a silver medal in the Women's B Individual Time Trial at the Paralympic Games. Image provided by PA / Alamy.
Loughborough-linked athletes Jenny Holl and Zoe Newson both won Paralympic silver medals for Great Britain on another fruitful day in France.
Holl brilliantly piloted visually impaired Sophie Unwin to second place in the Women's B Individual Time Trial to win a third medal of the Games.
Alongside Unwin, the Loughborough Lightning Cycling rider clocked 39:40.18 as Ireland’s Katie-George Dunlevy (pilot: Linda Kelly) won gold. British team-mates Lora Fachie and Corrine Hall claimed bronze.
Over in Para Powerlifting, Loughborough University-based Zoe Newson won a dramatic silver medal in the Women’s -45kg category.
Needing to lift 109kg for second place it appeared the Brit had fouled before she successfully appealed and overturned the judges’ decision. It’s Newson’s first silver medal at the Paralympic Games after winning bronze at both London 2012 and Rio 2016.
China’s Guo Lingling completed a world record lift of 122kg for gold, with Turkey athlete Nazmiye Muralti third.
Speaking to the media after all medal success, Newson said: “I don’t really know how I’m feeling. Good, happy, emotional, a bit of everything.
“It was very different to Tokyo but it was good. Once I get my first or second [lift], I’m alright as I get a lot calmer. By my second or third, I’m waving to the crowd.
"It has been great. Paris has been a great Paralympics, I’m glad to come away with this."
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme and named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings – the eighth year running.
Loughborough is ranked 6th in The UK Complete University Guide 2025, 10th in the Guardian University League Table 2024 and 10th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2024.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’, and in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 over 90% of its research was rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
