Coventry's Kare Adenegan gets silver at the Paralympics
It was silver for Coventry's Kare Adenegan in the T34 800 meters on day 11 of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan.
The wheelchair racing star came second behind fellow Brit, Hannah Cockroft, who smashed her own Paralympic record as she cruised to the seventh gold of her career.
She powered out of the blocks and finished more than 10 seconds ahead of Adenegan in a time of 1:48.99, before laughing as she declared herself "gutted'' to be just 0.12secs outside her own world record, set in Switzerland earlier this year.
Although Cockroft remains in a class of her own, Coventry-born Adenegan was satisfied with a second silver behind her compatriot in Japan and hopes to close the gap before Paris 2024.
"I did what I expected and wanted here and to get two season's bests when it matters shows that all the hard work to peak on time paid off,'' said the 20-year-old.
"It's been a really tough couple of years for all of us, so I'm really pleased with how I performed.
"Hannah sets a great standard but I'm always trying to improve on what I've done.
"I improved on how I performed in Rio, so hopefully Paris will be an improvement on what I did this time.''