Britain win three gold medals at IPC world championships to meet their pre-event target
BRITAIN WON three gold medals at the IPC world athletics championships in Doha to meet their pre-event target.
UK Sport wanted Paula Dunn's squad to return to the UK with a bagful of "between 10-12 gold medals" -- and victories for Richard Whitehead, Hannah Cockroft and Aled Davies ensured the squad, with four days left of competition, have 10 gold medals to their credit, lying fourth in the medals standings.
First of all, Whitehead equalled the world record time of 24.10sec he had run in the semis as he stormed to glory in the men's T42 200m.
Then, Hannah Cockroft won the second world title in the Qatari capital, leading a British 1-2-3 in the women's T34 800m thanks to a championship record time of 2:07.10.
And Welshman Davies capped a fine day in the desert as he threw a world record of 49.59m in the F42 discus throw, more than 6m further than the nearest competitor.