Hannah Cockroft wins her second gold

Cockroft wins her second gold

Hannah Cockroft has won her second London Paralympics gold medal for the host nation, this time in the T34 200m.

Cockroft led from the start and completely destroyed the field on her way to a Paralympic record time of 31.90s.

Amy Siemons of Netherlands led the rest of the field to take silver with a 34.16s ahead of her compatriot Desiree Vranken, who set a time of 34.85s.

GB's Mel Nicholls also competed in the race but was unable to get into the medals, finishing second with 40.00s.

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