Midlands athletes to captain ParalympicGB athletics team

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Paralympic champions Richard Whitehead and Hannah Cockroft will captain the athletics team for the Paralympic Games that start on Wednesday 7 September in Rio.

Richard won gold in London 2012 racing to T42 200m and says Rio could be his final Paralympic Games.

The 40-year-old from Nottinghamshire said:

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24-year-old Hannah from Coventry will be going for gold in the T34 100m, 400m and 800m in Brazil and has won every major title since claiming double gold at London 2012.

Hannah Cockroft said:

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