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WPAC 2025: Unbeaten Hannah Cockroft Powers Her Way To 28th Global Gold; India Gets Best Haul (Ld)
World Para Athletics Championships: Unbeaten Hannah Cockroft enshrined herself among all-time greats by completing a sweep of women’s T34 gold medals at stake in the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday. It was her 19th gold medal in eight appearances in the World Championships.
The versatile Hannah Cockroft has been a stranger to defeat in four Paralympic Games since 2012 and in eight editions of World Championships since making her debut in Christchurch 2011. Along the way, she has picked up nine gold medals at the Paralympics and a whopping 19 gold medals in World Championships in distances ranging from 100m to 800m.
The home team can also draw satisfaction at having claimed its best haul of 18 medals in any edition of the World Para Athletics Championships, improving on the tally of 17 (6 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze) won in Kobe last year. India had won 10 medals in the World Para Athletics Championships for the first time in Paris in 2023.
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