Rio 2016 Paralympics

Having claimed silver behind elder brother Alastair at Rio 2016, Jonny Brownlee appeared set to clinch the world title as he led the Grand Final with 700 metres to go in the sweltering heat of Cozumel, Mexico.

But it was at that point the Briton's legs began to give out, Jonny Brownlee weaving along the road on the run to the finish before appearing to come to a stop.

However, Alastair Brownlee caught up with him and refused to allow his younger sibling not to finish the race, putting Jonny's arm over his shoulder and pulling him to the finish line.

 Pascoe swam a time of 1 minute 2.65 seconds - almost two seconds faster than her heat time, where she had also broken the record.

The gold is Pascoe's third at Rio and comes came a day after smashing the record in the women's 200m individual medley SM10 event.

She has now equalled New Zealand record for the most Paralympic medals won by an individual athlete along with Eve Rimmer's 14 medals.

In other racing, Mary Fisher finished sixth in the women's 50m freestyle S11 final.

Vervoort, who suffers from an incurable and degenerative spinal condition, earned a silver medal in the women's T52 400 meter final at the Paralympics on Saturday, having finished first and second in the respective 100m and 200m races at London 2012.

The 37-year-old has been the focus of much attention, after it was reported she intends to end her life following the Rio Games, with euthanasia legalised in Belgium.

Although Vervoort did sign euthanasia papers in 2008, she insists reporting of the matter up to now has not been accurate.