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Nine-time Paralympic champion Cockroft completed a hat-trick of gold medals in New Delhi after following up her victories in the 100m and 400m with a fifth world title at 800m. She won in a championship-record time of one minute 49.88 seconds, while Adenegan, 24, finished in a season’s best 2:03.91 to claim her third silver medal of the championships. Paralympic champion and world record holder…

Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft claimed her second gold medal of the World Para Athletics Championships and the 18th world title of her career by winning the women’s T34 100m in New Delhi. The nine-time Paralympic champion won in 17.28 seconds in India, her eighth title in a row in the event. British team-mate Kare Adenegan won silver with a season’s best time of 18.08 while China’s Lan Hanyu…

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,…

World Para-athletics Championships: Britain’s Hannah Cockroft wins T34 100m gold

Britain's Hannah Cockroft wins gold in the T34 100m as Britain win three medals on day one of the World Para-athletics Championships in London.