{"id":84,"date":"2014-04-14T12:23:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T12:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/rtsic\/?p=84"},"modified":"2014-04-14T12:23:44","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T12:23:44","slug":"para-cycling-golds-and-the-london-marathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/rtsic\/2014\/04\/14\/para-cycling-golds-and-the-london-marathon\/","title":{"rendered":"Para-cycling Golds and the London Marathon"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been an action packed weekend for disability sports in general with the conclusion of the para-cycling world championships in Mexico and the London Marathon taking place.<\/p>\n

Team GB came away from the World Championships with a tally of 7 Gold medals, 1 Silver and 2 Bronzes <\/a>and 2 new world records. All this was achieved while a sickness bug worked its way through the team forcing the withdrawal of Jody Cundy, Gold medalist in the C4 kilo and also Jon-Allan Butterworth, Silver medalist in the C5 kilo. There was however delight for Sophie Thornhill and Rachel James who came away with 2 Gold medals in their first ever major championships.<\/p>\n

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Jody Cundy races towards a Gold Medal (image: Christian Palma\/PA Wire\/Press Association Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Sunday there was a nail biting finish to the London Marathon Wheelchair race<\/a> as David Weir was denied a 7th London Marathon victory by the Marcel Hug, winner of last weekend’s Paris Marathon. In the ladies wheelchair race there was a dominant performance by\u00a0Tatyana McFadden, setting a new course record of 1:45.11 in her title defence. Fresh from the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, McFadden was confident of her fitness but unsure of her chair technique before the event, however she finished a minute and a half clear of second place\u00a0Manuela Schar.<\/p>\n

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