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Jonnie Peacock completes full set with European gold in Swansea Jonnie Peacock completes full set with European gold in Swansea
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The reigning Paralympic and world champion Jonnie Peacock added the European T44 100m title to his lengthy list of achievements on Tuesday on a successful day for Britain at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea.The reigning Paralympic and world champion Jonnie Peacock added the European T44 100m title to his lengthy list of achievements on Tuesday on a successful day for Britain at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea.
Peacock, 21, beat Germany’s Felix Streng in a time of 11.26 seconds despite missing the early part of the season with a back injury. Peacock, 21, beat Germany’s Felix Streng in 11.26 seconds despite missing the early part of the season with a back injury.
“I’m really pleased I could come here and execute,” Peacock said: “I’m really pleased I could come here and execute,” Peacock said.
“It is hard to stay focused when everyone says you are going to win but you don’t get a gold medal until you win the race. The headwind was strong and I made an error at about 60m but I was able to recover from that and it is really nice to now hold all three titles.” “It is hard to stay focused when everyone says you are going to win but you don’t get a gold medal until you win the race. The headwind was strong and I made an error at about 60m but I was able to recover from that and it is really nice to now hold all three titles.”Wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft also won gold in the T34 100m, finishing 1.4 seconds ahead of the rest of the field as Britain picked up 15 medals in total on the opening day of competition in Wales.
Scot Sammi Kinghorn had earlier picked up Britain’s team’s first gold of the meeting in the T54 1500m. There was also a silver for thrower Stephen Miller in the F32 club event, although there was some dispute whether the winner – Russian Vladislav Frolov – had a legal throw. Scot Sammi Kinghorn had earlier won Britain’s team’s first gold of the meeting in the T54 1500m. There was also a silver for thrower Stephen Miller in the F32 club event, although there was some dispute whether the winner – Russian Vladislav Frolov – had a legal throw.
“If you look at his throw, it’s not the same as all the other guys,” said Miller.“If you look at his throw, it’s not the same as all the other guys,” said Miller.
“He has got far more ability. The guys are clued up on classification and it is up to the International Paralympic Committee to get things right.“He has got far more ability. The guys are clued up on classification and it is up to the International Paralympic Committee to get things right.
“They are working hard and things have changed, but, in my opinion, this competition was spoiled by a classification decision.”“They are working hard and things have changed, but, in my opinion, this competition was spoiled by a classification decision.”