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It was a magnificent day for ParalympicsGB in Paris – their most successful of the 21st century, with 12 gold medals to slide into the team tracksuit pocket. And if it has not gone to plan for all Britain’s former champions this Games, it did for Hannah Cockroft, who collected her fourth consecutive T34 100m title and her eighth Paralympic gold on Sunday night at an electric Stade de France.
Cockroft’s face was focused under her visor as she waited on the line and she accelerated away after 20m, head down, powerful shoulders pounding, beating her teammate Kare Adenegan into second by 1.19sec.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/01/cockroft-claims-fourth-100m-gold-on-triumphant-day-for-paralympicsgb
Author : Tanya Aldred at the Stade de France
Publish date : 2024-09-01 21:03:31
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