Gold joy for Scots star Stef

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Scot Stef Reid admitted she feared being typecast as a runner- up before landi ng gold in t he World Para Athletics Championships in London.

After bagging silver at the last two Paralympic Games, her success was a decade in the making as she snared the T44 long jump title.

And it was worth the wait for the 32-year- old, whose 5.40 metre jump was enough to see off Holland’s Marlene van Gansewinkel and Maya Nakanishi of Japan.

Reid said: “It’s satisfying. Even with the best plans in the world it doesn’t always go right. But I’ve done it.”

Even after helping to draw up the rule book for the championships in her role as a board member, Reid refused to curb her joy as she dodged officials to jump into the crowd to embrace her family and friends.

Reid said: “I saw my mum and jumped over the barrier. All the board members were there and I thought: ‘ I’m getting an email about this.’” England are staring at defeat in the second Test against South Africa af ter the tourists took control at Trent Bridge.

The Proteas finished day two on 75 for one in their second innings – a lead of 205 af ter England had collapsed to 205 all out.

Only captain Joe Root (78) and Jonny Bairstow (45) made an impact as England were rushed out after losing their last four wickets for six. Chris Froome reclaimed the overall lead of the Tour de France after he left Italian Fabio Aru trailing in the 14th stage – a 181.5-km ride from Blagnac yesterday.

The defending champion finished seventh, one second behind stage winner Mick Matthews of Australia.

Aru, who started the day with the yellow jersey on his shoulders, lost 25 seconds to the Briton in the f inal 600-metre climb.