British wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft says she is 'getting faster and stronger' and no plans to retire after the Paris Paralympics.
British wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft says she is "getting faster and stronger" and no has plans to retire after the Paris Paralympics.The 32-year-old says there "is not a single thought" that Paris could be her last Games and already has one eye on Los Angeles 2028."I'm 32 and that's kind of the age we see a lot of women dropping out of our sport.
"I'm still getting quicker, I'm still getting stronger, everything's still going in the right direction, so there's no reason for me to step out now. She is also just four Paralympic gold medals short of the 11 won by Britain's most successful wheelchair racer, Baroness Grey-Thompson. "But that's what keeps me going. I'm never satisfied, I'm never happy with any race that's not a fast time.
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