Browne aiming for world record at Memorial Van Damme

Two races – the men’s 200m T44 and women’s 400m T34-54 – will take place at the final Diamond League meeting of the year. 04 Sep 2014
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Richard Browne of the United States looks on after the Men's 100m T44 heats on day 7 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

USA's Richard Browne is the man to beat in the 200m T44 races

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By IPC

“Goals this weekend: 2 WR's, 2 wins, end season undefeated, world #1 in 100m & 200m, finish the season healthy.”

The USA’s Richard Browne has said he is planning to break his own 200m T44 world record on Friday (5 September) when he lines up at the King Badoiun Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, for the legendary Memorial Van Damme, the final Diamond League meeting of the year.

For the race Browne will line-up alongside world champion and teammte Jarryd Wallace, Germany’s recently crowned European champion Felix Streng and the USA's world bronze medallist over 100m and 200m Jerome Singleton.

The Netherlands’ European 200m bronze medallist Ronald Hertog, together with the US duo of Trenton Merrill and Paul Petersson will complete the line-up.

Ahead of the race, Browne, who will also race Great Britain’s Jonnie Peacock over 100m at Saturday’s Great City Games in Newcastle, Great Britain, has taken to Twitter to state his intentions:

“Goals this weekend: 2 WR's, 2 wins, end season undefeated, world #1 in 100m & 200m, finish the season healthy.”

In addition to the men’s 200m T44, the women’s 400m T34-54 will also take place in Brussels on Friday.

Great Britain’s Mel Nicholls, fresh from winning a silver and bronze at Swansea 2014, headlines the race following the withdrawal of Belgian national heroine Marieke Vervoort.

Nicholls will be looking to gain yet more ground over the longer distances in the absence of her multiple world and Paralympic champion compatriot Hannah Cockroft.

The Netherlands’ Amy Siemons and teammate Desiree Vrancken, both Paralympic medallists, will be pushing Nicholls all the way alongside fellow Dutch T54 wheelchair racer Margriet van den Broek and Switzerland’s T53 athlete Anna Scherrer.