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World Para-Athletics Championships: Cockroft retains her T34 800m title as Kare Adenegan takes silver in a British one-two

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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 – who led in the early stages of the race – crossed the…

World Para-Athletics Championships: Hannah Cockroft wins gold ahead of Kare Adenegan

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Cockroft is a five-time Paralympic champion

Britain’s Hannah Cockroft set a new world record to win her fifth consecutive T34 100m title at the World Para-Athletics Championships as team-mate Kare Adenegan took silver.

Cockroft, now an 11-time world champion across all distances, clocked 16.77 seconds with Adenegan crossing the line in a new season’s best of 17.49 secs in Dubai.

Adenegan,…

BBC Young Sports Personality 2018: Kare Adenegan, Freya Anderson & James Bowen on shortlist

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The final three – Kare Adenegan, Freya Anderson and James Bowen

Para-athlete Kare Adenegan, swimmer Freya Anderson and jockey James Bowen have been named on the final shortlist for the 2018 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.

The trio are still in contention after an initial shortlist of 10.

The winner will be announced at the Radio 1 Teen Awards on Sunday, 21 October at the…