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Jonnie Peacock becomes Paralympic world champion

  • Published
    24 July 2013
Jonnie Peacock

The Paralympic 100 metres champion Jonnie Peacock is now the world champion too.

He outsprinted his American rival Richard Browne, in a time of 10.99 seconds in the IPC World Championships.

"The last few days have been stressful but I came here to get a job done," Peacock told BBC Sport.

Jonnie Peacock also won a Paralympic gold medal in London 2012.

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