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News of athletes and individuals from the Anglia region who took part in the Olympic and Paralympic Games

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Cambridge sprinter prepares for 100 metres

On Wednesday evening it's the heats for the 100 metres at the Paralympics.

Favourite to win the T44 classification is 19-year-old Jonnie Peacock from Doddington in Cambridgeshire. To do so he'll have to beat his hero Oscar Pistorius.

But, like many of our athletes, Jonnie's already achieved much since he first featured on Anglia News more than a decade ago.

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