Paul Blake was able to storm his way to win the 4th title with his gold medal win at the t36 800-meter race held at the final of the World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai.
Paul Blake, the 29 years old Paralympian, the champion of 400 meters was able to record his best time of the season at the mark of 2 minutes and 7.44 seconds to be in the first place. He was 8 seconds faster than the 2nd place Algerian competitor, Sid Ali Bouzourine.
This victory now marks 3rd world title success for Paul Blake at the longest distance of his career. His previous wins were at the Lyon and Doha championships held back in 2013 and 2015 respectively.
Paul bake said of his win, “To be honest, I feel this is the best one out of all of them. The way, the last two years have panned out for me has been really amazing. Now to execute the race the way I had it planned out and the way I wanted to win the gold medal, I am really pleased with all of it and myself.”
For the Britain squad, the thing was really lively as Sky Scholar Samantha Kinghorn, the defending champion for the T53 100-meter race, especially after her surgery that she underwent this summer.
She won her race with her best time of the season at the mark of 16:39 seconds.
Kinghorn revealed that she only had a total of 12 weeks following her surgery to prepare for the race and this World Championship and this is why she opted to race only in the 100 meters class.
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