Cheat claim shocks Paralympian Hahn

SOPHIE HAHN has told a select committee she was ‘very shocked and upset’ when a British team-mate’s father named her at a hearing about claims of cheating in Paralympic sport. Lawyer Michael Breen, father of T38 long jump world champion Olivia Breen, made a series of allegations in October about athletes abusing the classification system — and named sprinter Hahn. The Paralympic champion, 20, wrote to the DMCS committee, saying: ‘I am the world no 1 because of my work ethic, dedication and, I have been told, my natural talent and focus. I am not the world no 1 because I am a cheat or because I am in the

wrong classification.

ENGLAND and Leicester prop Ellis Genge, 22, requires shoulder surgery and will be out for two months, making him a doubt for the start of the Six Nations. The news came 24 hours after Saracens revealed Maro Itoje is out for two months with a broken jaw.

VLADIMIR PUTIN has vowed not to ban any russian athletes who wish to compete under neutral status at February’s Winter Olympics. russia has been banned from the Games by the International Olympic Committee for state-sponsored doping, but individuals who can prove they have not cheated could compete under the Olympic flag.