Athletics: Australian James Turner says he will learn from a contentious start which cost him the T36 100m title and a second gold to match his 400m crown.

The 25-year-old, who has cerebral palsy, was favoured to win the double after entering the sprint final as world record holder and fastest qualifier. But he was put off on the startline by Malaysia’s Mohamad Puzi, who moved on the line in the next to him.

Athletics: Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft gave a demonstration of her supremacy in T34 class racing, as she won her second gold medal of Tokyo 2020, and her seventh at a Paralympic Games, in the 800m.

Depending on the angle you viewed the race from, it was possible to think that Cockroft was out on the track by herself, so great was the distance between herself and the rest of the eight strong field. She won in a Paralympic record time and finished just shy of her own world record, despite sodden conditions in the Olympic Stadium.

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