Para Athletics World Championships: Hannah Cockroft leads 100m British clean sweep

Cockroft made her World Championship debut in New Zealand in 2011

Hannah Cockroft won her sixth 100m world title as she led home a British one-two-three at the Para Athletics World Championships in Paris.

The 30-year-old wheelchair racer started strongly in the T34 final and powered to a comfortable victory in 16.81 seconds.

Team-mate Kare Adenegan finished second in 17.82, with Fabienne Andre third in 19.14 for her first global medal.

There was also a silver medal for long jumper Olivia Breen in the T38 event.

Cockroft came into Thursday's race as strong favourite having improved her world record to 16.31 this year in Switzerland and showed her class in the morning heats with a new championship record of 16.67.

"Lining up on the start line I felt confident. I knew I was pushing well and had every belief in myself," Cockroft told BBC Sport.

"I wanted to go a bit quicker in the final, but on the day, times don't matter. I got the championship record in the heats so I knew I was in the right place and I know I say it a lot but every year it is getting harder.

"I know I am so much better than the performance I put in tonight. It was enough for gold but some day that won't be enough.

"It is the first time in ten years that we have had heats and a final in this event and I love it, but it does add more pressure and it was about resetting after the heats and keeping energy in reserve for the final."

Cockroft, Adenegan and Andre also claimed a podium clean sweep while representing England at last year's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and the trio were thrilled to repeat the feat on the big stage a year out from the Paris Paralympics.

"People expect myself and Kare to come in the first two, but to see Fabs cross that line in third - the excitement on her face was amazing," said Cockroft.

"To be part of a British one-two-three is amazing," added Adenegan, 22.

"My start could have been better, but to win a silver medal and I know what I need to sort out ahead of next year. This year has been a real learning curve and if anything maybe it has given me the hunger I needed to go and sort things out for next year."

Andre is part of the Weir Archer Academy, set up by six-time Paralympic champion David Weir and his long-time coach Jenny Archer, and recovered from a disappointing heat where she finished fourth.

"After this morning I had to get ready to go again," said the 26-year-old.

"It was great to be able to step it up in the final and to be alongside Hannah and Kare. I have an amazing team around me and without them I wouldn't be here."

Earlier, Breen, who has been dealing with an ankle injury, managed a season's best jump of 5.04m to finish behind Hungary's Luka Ekler with 5.77m.

"I'm so happy to come away with the silver," said the 26-year-old Welsh athlete, who won T38 100m gold at last year's Commonwealth Games but whose main event is the long jump.

"To jump over five metres is great and I put in a very consistent series of jumps. All of the hard work has come together.

"It has been nine weeks with the injury so I now need to go and rehab it and get ready for next year."

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