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Paul Blake, the son of a Star Wars bounty hunter, has won Great Britains 50th gold medal of the Rio Paralympics.Six gold medals -- three in canoeing and three in equestrian -- on Thursdays eighth day of competition took ParalympicsGBs gold medal tally to 49 and 108 in all with three days remaining.And on Friday morning Blake claimed his third Paralympic medal and first gold in the T36 400 metres, winning in 54.49 seconds. He claimed 400m silver and 800m bronze at London 2012.Blakes father, also called Paul, is an actor who was bounty hunter Greedo in Star Wars, while his mother Kate was a dancer with the Royal Ballet.The 26-year-old from Dorchester benefited from the absence of London 2012 Paralympic champion Evgenii Shvetsov, who beat him at last years World Championships in Doha and is the world record holder.Russia is banned from the Rio Paralympics for state-sponsored doping -- a scenario that part explains Britains extraordinary medal collection.Blake, running from lane eight, kept his cool as Polands Krzysztof Ciuksza drew level on the second bend before the Briton accelerated away.Roman Pavlyk of Ukraine was second in 55.67secs and William Stedman of New Zealand third in 55.69. Ciuksza was fourth.Blake, who has cerebral palsy, competes again over 800m on Saturday, where two other Russian rivals are absent, although he did beat Artem Arefyev and Andrey Zhirnov to take world gold in Qatar.Shvetsov also won gold over two laps at London 2012, when Arfeyev was second, Blake third, and another Russian, Pavel Kharagezov, was fourth. Blake told Channel 4: Im lost for words. In 2012 I was fortunate enough to get silver and bronze but Ive finally done it and got gold and all the hard work has paid off.Its not the ideal lane running from lane eight but I just got on with it.I was aware we were on 49 gold medals, its incredible for us to get so many gold medals and for me to help out with that tally is great.Alfonzo McKinnie Jersey .com) - The Montreal Canadiens embark on their first road trip of the season as they head out west to battle the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Wilt Chamberlain Warriors Jersey . Three came down to the fourth quarter while quarterbacks continued to shine in all four games; so important to the overall quality of the game. https://www.warriorsrookiesshop.com/Andre-Iguodala-City-Edition-Jersey/ . -- Charlie Graham stopped 67 shots as the Belleville Bulls edged the visiting Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Stephen Curry Jersey . The Vikings announced Thursday that Priefer will be one of seven holdovers from the previous staff, along with offensive line coach Jeff Davidson, wide receivers coach George Stewart and others. Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator. Eric Paschall Jersey . Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey last Sunday. The fine is the fourth this season for Goldson. He was fined $30,000 for a hit on the New York Jets Jeff Cumberland in Week 1.HOUSTON -- Rob Gray Jr. scored 22 points and Devin Davis added 19 points to send Houston past Morgan State 93-52 on Friday night in the season opener for both squads.Kyle Meyer made one of two free throws early to make it 11-0 and the rout was on. Morgan State got on the board with 14:54 before halftime with two free throws.Later, Gray made two free throws and nailed a 3 to push the lead to 28-5 with 10:04 left.The Cougars have won their lasst seven openers and 11 of their last 12.ddddddddddddHouston has an all-time record of 51-20 to start the season.Georgia Southern beat Houston, 65-63 on Nov. 10, 2008 on the first day of the 2K Sports Classic benefiting Coaches vs. Cancer at Dukes Cameron Indoor Stadium.Tiwian Kendley led the Bears with 18 points. ' ' '