Simon Richardson won the first of three cycling gold medals as Britain extended their dominance of the Laoshan Velodrome track.

Aileen McGlynn – with pilot rider Ellen Hunter – and Darren Kenny successfully defended their titles and swimmer Sascha Kindred took inspiration from the cyclists' performances to win gold, his fifth Paralympic title, at the Water Cube.

Three further medals were won in the pool to take Britain's total to seven, while the United States won four golds and nine medals in all.

Britain's supremacy at the velodrome continued with victories in the first three events, adding to the seven out of 10 triumphs at last month's Olympics.

Kenny, aiming for a personal haul of five golds after two wins and two silvers in Athens, then sent out an ominous warning to the rest of the competition on the medal prospects of the team.

"I don't think there's anyone here that's not capable of getting the gold," said Kenny after his emphatic triumph in the CP3/4 3km individual pursuit.

"That's the standard to get on to the team at the moment – we've left behind people that are capable of winning medals because of the number of spaces we're allocated."

The 38-year-old from Dorset took almost six seconds off his own world record in the heat, lowering the mark to 3mins 36.875secs before overtaking South Korea's Jin Yong-sik after just 1,000m of the final.

Kenny, who was a promising junior rider before a series of crashes led to his disability, believes he can achieve his personal quest of five titles.

McGlynn and Hunter were triumphant for the second straight Games in the women's B&VI 1-3 1km time-trial, clocking a world record of 1min 9.066secs.

While the pair, like Kenny, were expected to deliver, Richardson believed his LC3/4 1km ride would act as a warm-up for the individual pursuit.

But the 41-year-old went on to set a world record of 1:14.936 and take gold.

The former club rider from Porthcawl in Wales was left without any feeling in his left side after a road accident in 2001.

He only took up the sport again after being told by doctors he could end up in a wheelchair if he remained inactive.

Kindred, competing in his fourth Paralympics, clinched his ninth medal and his fifth gold.

The 30-year-old from Hereford lowered his own world and Paralympic record to 2:42.19 in winning a third straight SM6 200m individual medley title.

Broxburn's Jim Anderson – a four-time champion in Athens – won silver in the S2 200m freestyle for Britain's first swimming medal before Kindred's victory. Natalie Jones and Matt Walker each collected bronze medals.

Judoka Ben Quilter narrowly missed out on a medal after losing the bronze battle in the under 60kg category.