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British team for Paralympics starts to take shape

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Wednesday, 23 June 2021 01:49
A dozen GB athletes have been named in the first wave of selections for the Tokyo Paralympics this summer

Sophie Hahn, Hannah Cockroft and Aled Davies are among 12 British athletes selected to represent ParalympicsGB at the Tokyo Paralympics later this year.

The trio won gold in Rio five years ago, as did Hollie Arnold, Jo Butterfield and Richard Whitehead, all of whom have also been picked in this first wave of selections.

Five-time Paralympic champion Cockroft, who lowered her own world records in the women’s T34 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m in Switzerland last month, is joined by fellow T34 wheelchair racer and Rio 2016 silver and bronze medallist, Kare Adenegan, in the women’s T34 100m and 800m.

Hannah Cockroft (Getty)

For Whitehead and Davies, Tokyo will be their third summer Games – both claimed gold at London 2012 and Rio 2016. Whitehead has been selected to compete in the T61 200m, while Davies will go in the F63 shot put.

Hollie Arnold – selected for her fourth Games – will be looking to defend the title she won five years ago in the women’s F46 javelin, while reigning world champion Jonathan Broom-Edwards – a silver medallist at Rio 2016 – is selected in the T64 high jump. Sabrina Fortune, who won her first world title in 2019 to add to the bronze she won in Rio, will line up in the women’s F20 shot put.

Reigning Paralympic, world, European and Commonwealth champion, Sophie Hahn will go for a tilt at her second T38 100m Paralympic title in Japan.

Scottish sprinter Maria Lyle, who won three Paralympic medals in Brazil five years ago, was in terrific form at the recent European Championships, claiming two golds to take her tally of European titles to eight since making her debut in 2014. The 21-year-old will compete in the T35 100m and 200m in Tokyo.

Maria Lyle (IPC)

Lyle’s compatriot and defending Paralympic F51 club throw champion, Jo Butterfield, completes the duo of Tokyo-bound Scots in this first wave of selected athletes.

Thomas Young, 20,  makes his Paralympic debut after impressive performances on the European and world stage in recent years, including T38 100m gold the European Para Athletics Championships earlier this month.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland finished third in the para-athletics medals table at Rio 2016, behind China and USA.

Para Athletics Head Coach Paula Dunn said: “I am very pleased to confirm our first wave of athletes for this summer’s Paralympic Games. It has been a long wait for these athletes, but this is a significant milestone in their career, so I hope they savour this moment and reflect on their achievement so far and use it to fuel them in the final few weeks of preparation for the Games.”

The rest of the para-athletics team will be announced on July 21.

GB Paralympics selections

Kare Adenegan (Job King, Coventry) – Women’s T34 100m and 800m
Hollie Arnold (David Turner, Blackheath and Bromley) – Women’s F46 Javelin
Jonathan Broom-Edwards (Graham Ravenscroft, Newham and Essex Beagles) – Men’s T64 High Jump
Jo Butterfield (Phil Peat / Shona Malcolm, Forth Valley Flyers) – Women’s F51 Club Throw
Hannah Cockroft (Jenni Banks, Leeds) – Women’s T34 100m and 800m
Aled Davies (Ryan Spencer-Jones, Cardiff) – Men’s F63 Shot Put
Sabrina Fortune (Ian Robinson, Deeside) – Women’s F20 Shot Put
Sophie Hahn (Leon Baptiste, Charnwood) – Women’s T38 100m
Maria Lyle (Jamie Bowie, Team East Lothian) – Women’s T35 100m and 200m
Andrew Small (Rick Hoskins, Stockport) – Men’s T33 100m
Richard Whitehead (Keith Antoine, Southwell) – Men’s T61 200m
Thomas Young (Joe McDonnell, Charnwood) – Men’s T38 100m

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