Kadeena Cox sprinted to gold in the T38 400m at the World Para Athletics Championships in London.
Cox’s winning time of 1:02.87 was a season’s best by almost two seconds, and her first world title over the distance.
Great Britain has now claimed 14 gold medals at the World Para Athletics Championships.
Speaking after the race, Cox said: “The plan was always to go off hard for the first 300m and the rest would feel like death! I was meant to go hard for the first 50m and sit in, but I didn’t do the sit in part so at 200m, I had no idea how far ahead I was. I just kept running because I knew there was no going back after that. It wasn’t a world record which I would have liked to have done but I’ve not had the training really to do that, only three months, so I have to be pleased.” Cox goes in the T38 100m today (Saturday).
British Athletics medallists 30 at the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017:
Gold (14):
Hollie Arnold – F46 Javelin
Olivia Breen – T38 Long Jump
Hannah Cockroft – T34 100m, 400m, 800m
Kadeena Cox – T38 400m
Aled Davies – F42 Discus
Sophie Hahn – T38 200m
Georgie Hermitage – T37 400m
Sophie Kamlish – T44 100m
Sammi Kinghorn – T53 200m
Jonnie Peacock – T44 100m
Stef Reid – T44 Long Jump
Richard Whitehead – T42 200m
Silver (3):
Kare Adenegan – T34 100m
Kyron Duke – F41 Shot
Toby Gold – T33 100m
Bronze (13):
Kare Adenegan – T34 400m, 800m
Richard Chiassaro – T54 400m
Kadeena Cox – T38 200m
David Henson – T42 200m
Sammi Kinghorn – T53 400m
Maria Lyle – T35 100, 200m
Stephen Miller – F32 Club Throw
Gemma Prescott – F32 Club Throw
Andrew Small – T33 100m
Isaac Towers – T34 800m
Richard Whitehead – T42 100m
