World Boccia Championships: Claire Taggart wins gold in Rio, David Smith takes silver
Northern Ireland's Claire Taggart claimed gold at the World Boccia Championships, beating Rebecca Duarte 7-1 in the Rio final.
Britain's David Smith won a silver after losing 5-0 to Witsanu Huadpradit of Thailand in their final.
ggart, 27, from Larne also defeated Mexico's Karina Martinez Sandoval 7-1 in the semi-finals on Friday.
It set up a decider against El Salvador's world number seven Duarte, and Taggart cruised to victory.
ggart was given a walkover in the quarter-finals in Brazil after her opponent from Hong Kong withdrew from the competition.
In July, Taggart secured her first World Cup titles in Portugal as she won individual gold, before helping Great Britain clinch bc1/2 team gold.
ggart made history by becoming the first person from Northern Ireland to compete at the Paralympics in boccia at Rio in 2016, and went to participate again at the delayed Tokyo Paralympics in 2021.
Defending champion Smith is based in Swansea and is Britain's most successful boccia player.
He beat South Korea's Sungjoon Jung 5-1 in the quarter-finals, and Portugal's Andre Ramos 4-1 in the semi-finals, before losing to Huadpradit.