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Britains at it again!! Gold Gold Gold!!

Hey guys,

Well Olympic fever is back and we are smashing it again!! Making us proud to be British!!

Here are some of our Great moments from last few days and there will be plenty more to come!!

Hannah Cockroft  won Great Britain’s first gold of the Paralympics track and field competition in London’s 2012 Olympic Stadium.The wheelchair athlete from Halifax burst clear after 60 metres to take the T34 100m title in a new Paralympic record time of 18.05 seconds!!!!

“I’ve been waiting four years for that,” said the 20-year-old is also racing in the 200m on Thursday. “I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I crossed the finish line.”

The Yorkshire born athlete,set a new 100m world record of 17.60 in Switzerland this year, said she was confident of living up to her billing as the odds-on favourite good for her!!!

Aled Davies secured Britain’s first athletics medal of the Games when he won bronze in the F42/F44 shot put.

“I was a bit nervous because a lot of people out there expected me to do that. I knew I could but you have to keep you feet on the ground.”

The 21-year-old amputee saved his best effort until the last of his six attempts, when he recorded 961 points.

Here’s to more medals for Team GB!!

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