Town trio set to take part in Muller Games

THREE of Britain’s biggest multi-medalled para athletics stars are amongst the first to be confirmed to compete when the programme of para athletics events take centre stage at this summer’s Müller Anniversary Games.

Loughborough world record holders in the women’s 100m and 200m in the T11 and T38 classifications respectively, Libby Clegg and Sophie Hahn will be joined by multiple global medallist Richard Whitehead who also trains in Loughborough.

Hahn produced two electric displays on home soil at last summer’s World Para Athletics Championships and is relishing the prospect of being back in front of British fans at the Anniversary Games on July 21-22, where she’ll be competing in the women’s T37/38 200m.

She said: “It will be amazing to compete in front of a home crowd once again. The London Stadium is a very special place for me, and I’ll never forget winning two gold medals and setting two world records there last summer in front of my friends and family.

“When I step back into the stadium I am sure that all those memories will come flooding back, so I can’t wait to go back and hopefully create some new ones this summer at the Muller Anniversary Games – it is a huge event, so to be a part of it once again is really exciting.”

Whitehead will run in the men’s T61 200m, a distance where he clocked a best of 23.01 in 2017, while Clegg, who missed last summer’s World Para Athletics Championships through injury, and guide runner Chris Clarke will race in the women’s T11 200m.