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Hannah Cockcroft makes it 10 career world titles with victory in T34 400m

GB's Hannah Cockroft celebrates victory in the Women's 800m T34 Final on day four of the IPC World Para Athletics
Image: Hannah Cockroft has won a hat-trick of world titles in London

Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft claimed her 10th world title and Georgie Hermitage set a new world record at the World Para Athletics Championships in London.

Five-time Paralympic champion Cockroft won the women's T34 400m for her third title at the 2017 championships while Hermitage triumphed in the T37 400m in a world record time of one minute and 0.29 seconds.

Cockroft has already won the T34 100m - in a world record time - as well as the T34 800m and has never lost a race at a major championships.

"I'm feeling really emotional. I even had a little cry," Cockcroft said after the race

Hannah Cockroft crosses the line to win the Women's 800m T34 Final
Image: Cockroft is determined to carry on racing after London

"I was confident until yesterday when I got full of cold. When I came to the start line I felt like I had nothing to put into the race.

"All the way round I was thinking 'I can hear the girls coming. I'm not going fast enough, I'm not going fast enough.' So to get that result when I was feeling like this is such a relief.

"This is my 10th world title but that hasn't really sunk in yet. I'm so used to taking each race as it comes. Every time I put on this top it's still a massive honour to come and represent Britain and British Athletics.

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"But I'm not finished yet. I want to prove I can still go fast. I just want to keep going out there. I want to prove I can keep going a little while longer."

Great Britain's Kare Adenegan,16, also claimed bronze behind Cockroft in the T34 400m.

"This is a huge experience for me," she said. "I've learned so much about tactics, I just need to work on my strength and come back fitter and better. I can go home now and enjoy the school holidays and have a nice break."

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - SEPTEMBER 14:  Hannah Cockroft (L) and Kare Adenegan (R) of Great Britain celebrate winning the gold and bronze medals in the Wome
Image: Kare Adenegan (right) joined Cockcroft on the podium after claiming bronze

Hermitage defended her world title after winning in Doha two years ago and added to her T37 100m Rio gold from last year's Paralympics.

She said: "It just shows that with the right training and support you can improve. I knew I had to go out hard and felt I did that. I was back on the track for my first race of the championships and I just went into autopilot.

"I've been under a lot of pressure as everyone has been coming back to the team and they've been doing so well. We've had lots of success and I just wanted to be part of that but I wasn't sure how it would go for me.

"The main feeling is relief but I also feel so happy to have won and can't believe it was in a world record time."

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