Heavy rain fell all through Thursday morning within the French capital, with standing water current on the observe in Stade de France.
However Nicholson made gentle of the circumstances as she threw 9.44 metres – simply 0.03m wanting her private greatest – to assert third place.
Mariia Pomazan of Ukraine and China’s Wang Jun had been properly forward of the sector in first and second, throwing 12.75m and 11.94 m respectively.
Bronze represents the fruits of a powerful three years for Nicholson, since she completed sixth in 2021 on the earlier Paralympics in Tokyo.
The 29-year-old from Cumbria not too long ago set a brand new PB on the World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Paris, including 35cm to her earlier greatest, and all however matched that mark when it counted within the Paralympic remaining.
“It is completely wonderful. Actually, the exhausting work over the past 10 years has been completely price it,” she stated.
“This has been such a superb 12 months, private bests galore, so we knew if I went out and did my greatest then we stood an opportunity of a medal.”
Thursday night in Paris will see GB go for a number of gold medals.
Sammi Kinghorn, who received gold within the T53 100m on Wednesday and two silvers earlier within the Video games, goals for a fourth 2024 medal within the 400m.
Daniel Pembroke defends his males’s F13 javelin title and 41-year-old Dan Greaves competes in his seventh Paralympics within the males’s F64 discus, whereas Maguire and Woods go of their finals.
