Athletics - Men's 100m - T44 Final - London 2012 Paralympic Games

"Medallists GOLD PEACOCK Jonnie GBR - Great Britain SILVER BROWNE Richard USA - United States of America BRONZE FOURIE Arnu RSA - South Africa LONDON, 6 September - A pair of British victories less than 10 minutes apart, with wheelchair racer David WEIR (GBR) and lower-leg amputee sprinter Jonnie PEACOCK (GBR) triumphing in two of the most high-profile athletics events at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, sent the Olympic Stadium spectators into euphoria on Thursday night. PEACOCK succeeded Beijing 100m champion Oscar PISTORIUS (RSA) as the man to beat in the T44 men's 100m with a superb start that saw him ahead after just 10m. It was a lead that he was never to relinquish despite being pressed hard all the way to the line, which he crossed in a Paralympic record of 10.90, just 0.05 away from his own world record set earlier this summer.The 19-year-old Briton showed his maturity by living up to all the expectations heaped on his young shoulders, as the roars of 'PEACOCK, PEACOCK' rang out around the Olympic Stadium prior to the gun being fired. The unheralded Richard BROWNE (USA) provided a challenge from an unexpected direction and finished second in a personal best 11.03. ""It's surreal. For the past four days I've been in the Village. I've been trying to keep focus for that time but when you've got guys like David (WEIR, GBR) going out and getting golds you just want to go out and be a part of that. It hasn't really sunk in yet. I don't think it will ever sink in. When I crossed the line and I'd won I was waiting for the time of the board and it was a relief to win."" - Jonnie PEACOCK said For further information, please visit http://www.paralympic.org. To watch live action and videos on demand of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, and subscribe to ParalympicSport.TV, please go towww.youtube.com/ParalympicSportTV. Also, you may follow the Paralympic Movement on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ParalympicGames or on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/paralympic."

Comments

1. Wurc hared
2. Lol China?
3. yeah
4. 7.06 fast haha like me
5. they fuckin cheat... we "normal people" have all our limps but they got EVERYTHING ELSE... this DETERMINATION and WILL POWER, ENDURANCE, way of thinking if you will.. its fuckin ridiculous that is
6. I need game plz plz plz plz sir 9057964372
7. What happen to their leg
8. usain bolt 9.4 jonnie peacock 10 whaaaaaat...
9. wow
10. Thanks for the video!
11. good job
12. amputee running faster than most weekend warriors...
13. salute,
14. One day in the future, when disabled athletes are competing in full cyborg mech exoskeleton suits, the Paralympics will then become more popular than the regular Olympics
15. They are cyborgs! Amazing that these artificial limbs end up being FASTER than human flesh legs!
16. The chinese guy has legs but finished last? ok
17. what is the physical problem of the chinese one?
18. No
19. U the brasil guydlnt have th block thing i think they ar ebeing racist
20. feel so sorry for disabled people they don't deserve to suffer like this wheelchair's no legs no arms all disabilities is horrible it is upsetting to see them like that