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Tuesday, September 09, 2008, 17:50
The 34-year-old from Cheddleton, a winner of six gold medals from the two previous Paralympiads in Athens and Sydney, claimed another two today after tasting team and individual success.
And now his attention will turn to Thursday's individual freestyle event in Hong Kong, when he bids for an unprecedented nine straight Paralympic gold medals.
Pearson first joined forces with Simon Laurens, Anne Dunham and Sophie Christiansen as Britain remained the only nation to win the team event since its introduction in 1996.
He then hogged the individual headlines for the third successive games after posting a winning score of 73.238 per cent on his new horse, Gentlemen.
"This is crazy – a 100 per-cent success rate at the Paralympics with three different horses is incredible," said a delighted Pearson. "I am completely over the moon."
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