ParaAthletics
World Para-Athletics Championships: Cockroft retains T34 800m title, Adenegan takes silver
Hannah Cockroft also won the T34 800m title in London (2017) and Doha (2015) Hannah Cockroft retained her T34 800m title at the World Para-Athletics Championships as Kare Adenegan took silver in a British one-two. A dominant Cockroft, 27, set a new championship record of one minute 57.27 seconds in Dubai. And 18-year-old Adenegan – …
Smyth wins gold at World Para-Athletics Championships
Jason Smyth scorched to his eighth World Para-Athletics Championships gold medal, winning the 100m in the T13 class in Dubai in a championship record time of 10.54 seconds. The Derry man, who is visually impaired, took the for the fifth time, and the fourth in succession since missing the 2011 competition due to injury. The 32-year-old …
Athletics: Lisa Adams breaks world record to win gold at World Para-Athletics Championships
“She’s been there, done that, she’s amazing in her own field and she’s done the world champion thing, so she knows everything I am feeling,” she told the BBC. “It’s amazing to be able to share that and talk about how we’re feeling. I know she’s really proud of me. “But my biggest inspiration is …
