At the World Para Athletics Championships, Hannah Cockroft won gold in the 100 meters for the seventh consecutive year.
The T34 wheelchair racer from Britain won with a performance record of 16.89 seconds, and her teammate Fabienne Andre placed fourth in Kobe, Japan, with a time record of 19.42. Mel Woods, a fellow Brit, finished fourth in the T54 1500m women’s final.
Overall, the athlete has won 15 World Championship medals in her overall career.
Cockroft and the 800m gold
Now, Cockroft is preparing to win 800m gold for the fifth time in a row at the Worlds.
With her victory, the athlete said: “Number seven – that sounds amazing… Every title at this point is a relief. I watch my team-mates and see the excitement and the happiness, and I want to respond like that but when I cross that line it is a sigh of relief because I am the one with the target on my back.”
She added: “The 100m is the hard one, so I am delighted to win the title, and I am looking forward to the 800m and relay now.”
As the Paralympic Games in Paris get closer, the World Para Athletics Championships are being held in preparation of the opening ceremony on August 28.
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Source: BBC
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