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GB's Cockroft wins 800m for ninth Paralympic gold


GB's Cockroft wins 800m for ninth Paralympic gold

Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft won her ninth career Paralympic gold medal as she led home a British one-two in the T34 800m final at Paris 2024.

A dominant Cockroft finished ahead of team-mate Kare Adenegan, just as she did in Sunday's 100m final, to win her second title in Paris.

Cockroft has won gold in the 100m and 800m at every Paralympics since London 2012, and took the 400m title at Rio 2016.

She finished in a time of one minute 55.44 seconds, almost eight seconds ahead of silver-medallist Adenegan, with the USA's Eva Houston denying a British clean sweep of the podium by outsprinting Fabienne Andre for bronze.

The 31-year-old further cemented her reputation as one of the all-time Para-athletics greats.

With 16 world titles and the world record in 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m in her discipline, she was the overwhelming favourite at the Stade de France.

She got off to a superb start in lane eight, quickly building a substantial lead, and time trialled her way to the line.

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