Cockroft steals another world record in Switzerland

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Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft won gold medals in the 100m and 200m T34 events at London 2012.

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Cockroft shaved 0.06 seconds off her own 17.60 seconds 100m T34 world record set almost exactly one year to the day in Nottwil, again in Switzerland.

Double Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft showed her astonishing form in Pratteln, Switzerland last weekend (25 May) ahead of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Athletics Championships in Lyon.

Cockroft shaved 0.06 seconds off her own 17.60 seconds 100m T34 world record set almost exactly one year to the day in Nottwil, again in Switzerland.

Whilst some of her GB team mates were competing at the BT Great CityGames on the streets of Manchester, Cockroft made the journey to Switzerland with athletes from 20 other countries.

The Halifax-born racer, who picked up two gold medals in her first Paralympics last year, battled the elements at the 2013 Athletics Swiss Nationals to win against the same two athletes she went head-head with in London.

Amy Siemens (NED) picked up second place, finishing over two seconds behind Cockroft (19.73 sec), with Australian Rosemary Little coming in third (20.00 sec).

Cockroft also had convincing wins in the 200m, 400m and 800m and looks formidable ahead of the World Championships to be held in Lyon, France in July.

In the men’s races, IPC One to Watch Leo-Pekka Tahti (FIN) finished second in both his races behind Brit Mickey Bushell in the 100m T53/54 and Kenny van Weeghel (NED) in the 200m.

Local Swiss boy and double-silver Paralympic medallist Marcel Hug faired much better over the longer distances, finishing first in the 800m, 5,000, and 10,000m T53/T54.

The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships will take place from 19-28 July in Lyon France. Featuring around 1,300 athletes from 90 countries it will be the biggest gathering of international athletes since London 2012.