The Daily Telegraph

Day 8 FRIDAY JULY 21

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Brits to watch

Kadeena Cox was a revelation in Rio last summer, winning gold medals both in athletics and cycling. Cox competes in the T38 400m, the race she won at the 2016 Paralympic­s. Paul Blake has one of the most extraordin­ary stories of any paralympia­n after his twin took most of the red blood

cells at birth, causing huge complicati­ons in his early life, He can repeat his gold medal success in Brazil in the T36 400m.

Foreign star

Ilse Hayes (below), the inspiratio­nal South African who won silver in the 100m T13 and 400m T13 will look to rediscover her 2015 World Championsh­ips form where she won gold in the 100m and 200m T13.

Don’t miss event

America’s world and Paralympic champion David Brown goes in the T11 200m, competing against Ananias Shikongo of Namibia, the Rio Games gold medallist over 200m. Shikongo lost his left eye aged three in a shooting accident and lost sight in his right eye after a donkey kicked him.

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