- Briton finishes fifth and rues form heading into Paris
- ‘I am better than these people. It’s me versus me’
Jonnie Peacock has insisted he is still the man to beat in T64 sprinting and says he will compete at a fifth Paralympics in Los Angeles, despite finishing way off an electric pace in the 100m final in Paris.
On a night of exhilarating blade racing, Costa Rica’s Sherman Guity Guity won gold in the T64 class with a Paralympic record time of 10.65sec, 0.13 of a second quicker than he managed in winning silver in Tokyo three years ago. He was followed by Maxcel Manu of Italy (10.76) and the 2021 champion Felix Streng of Germany (10.77) in a show of increasing strength in this showcase field.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/sep/02/sherman-guity-guity-grabs-gold-as-jonnie-peacock-misses-100m-medal
Author : Paul MacInnes at the Stade de France
Publish date : 2024-09-02 21:08:16
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