Only one of them will count, of course, and the colour next to Woods’ name will be bronze after the 22-year-old Blackpool wheelchair racer finished third in a tactical race in 12min 29.32sec.

 

Woods had finished second when the race was first held on Monday and was handed the medal at an awards ceremony, but officials decided to re-stage the event following protests over a six-chair crash on the penultimate lap.

 

Woods said: “This one, no-one can take it off me.

 

"This is my favourite event and to win a bronze at the Paralympic Games is a dream come true.

 

“It’s amazing.

 

"The first time I was ecstatic, but this one’s for real."

 

Woods had been through, what she described, as an “emotional roller coaster” in the last few days.

 

She said: “I’m just so glad it’s all over.

 

"It’s been a crazy few days.

 

"Dealing with the emotions has been really difficult.

 

“It’s been a weird week but I am happy with a bronze.

 

"I had to forget about it and get back on the track.

 

“The only thing I could do was go out there and race, and try to win another medal.

 

"I wanted to do myself justice on the track and I think I did that.”

 

Woods played a canny game in the cat and mouse final, wheeling in fourth or fifth for much of the 12-and-a-half laps race, always in touch with the leaders.

 

But as they turned into the final straight she found herself tucked on the curb without a clear route to the line.

 

Ahead of her, United States Amanda McGrory beat Canadian Diane Roy for the gold while Woods had the power to hold off a second American Sheri Blauwat for the bronze.

 

Roy had won the original race but lost her title by just 0.01s to McGrory, one of the victims of Monday’s collision.

 

Woods revealed afterwards that watching the original race a number of times on YouTube had helped her prepare for the final.

 

She said: “To get a medal in such a tactical race like that is a big jump for me.

 

"The only one who could have defeated me today was myself.

 

"It was down to my attitude and the best way sometimes is to laugh it off.

 

“I watched the replays on YouTube and saw the face of the guy who rang the bell.

 

"He looked so shocked and then the bell fell off and broke.

 

"It was just really funny.”

 

Woods now turns her attention to her other events, the T54 800m, 1500m and marathon.

 

She said: “If I make the final of the 800m I will be pleased.

 

"But hopefully the marathon will be my best hope.

 

“My confidence is definitely building now.

 

"To have a medal is great and hopefully there are more to come.”

 

Woods' bronze meant that Britain won a total of 12 medals on this sixth day of competition, six gold, four silver and two bronze.

 

Overall, they have now won a total of 69 medals, 33 of them gold.

 

That is very close to the team's target of 35 and, with four days of competition still remaining, there are hopes that they can beat their record number of gold medals won in Sydney eight years ago when they claimed 41.

 

China continue to lead the overall medals table with 109 medals, 37 of them gold.