Men's 100m T42 | Round 1 Heat 1 | London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships

by Scott Reen the Australian set in Doha two years ago Richard Whitehead Who tie for silver with Denmark Daniel Wagner in Rio will go of course Wagner in the second of these Heats but Richard Whitehead who's already won 200 M t42 gold of these championships will go in this event go to ped of Sri Lanka in the lane three there is Richard Whitehead 200 his goal already fourth to the 100 in 2015 he missed out on the medals there but Silva tied for in the par Olympics last year Woods of the USA seventh in this event in 2015 and mango of South Africa then shaer four in the long jump in 2015 and 2016 he took up the sport after spending time with someone you may know a little bit of Marcus [Applause] so Breeden and Vagner go in the second of the Heats the world record held by Hinrich Popov of Germany that was set back in July of 2013 that's 12.11 Scott Ren's Championship record just outside that of 12 point 13 Yoda pedig then in three Whitehead in four Woods of the USA in five mango in six and schaer of Germany goes in seven and they get away one hit always gets away a little bit slowly on the outside there it's Leon schaer who got away very quickly but Yoda ped has Le moment but here comes Richard white hand there been a fall in the buck ground well there been a fall it looks like mango who's gone down and tripped with around 10 met to go but Richard Whitehead has gone across and taken the wind there but mango was coming home well very quickly indeed but he's fall near the end y pedig has come back to help him over the line he has finished there so he will get himself a time but it's Richard Whitehead who's come home in a winning time of 1235 and Leon schaer in second place the German with a lifetime best but tragedy there for the man from South Africa nintend manga who was seventh in this event in 2015 who went down you saw him coming through as Yoda ped who took off quickly on the inside Leon schaer of Germany who was up there as well and just on the inside in you see Richard Whitehead coming through and just there that is a nasty nasty fall indeed for the man from South Africa Nintendo mangu thankfully he managed to get up and get himself across the line to finish and wasn't severely injured by the looks of things but it's Yoda Pig of Sri Lanka he got he was disqualified back in 2015 he finished six in the Rio par Olympics and mango there in the green of South Africa that is quite a fall just before the finish line and here you'll see from the left in a moment you see Woods there of the USA whad in screen in the middle there who picked up the win in this event but it will be manga who went down and Vanessa you've got an interest in this obviously because your partner Scott Ren will be racing in the next race the current world champion but disappointment from langu but Richard Whitehead doing quite well there we have a really quality feeling here with his World Championships um there's ID W in this race we also have to look out for Le and chiefa young athlete with a lot of talent just recently moved to the training center we saw Woods there he moved across as well that was the reason you're wondering why that was behind Richard whiteair was because Nintendo mangu went down and had to then get back up and finish the race but confirmation then of Richard white here winning in 12.35 Leon schaer with a lifetime best of 1248 goes through in second the first three qualify and it's yod p he takes that third spot in [Applause] [Music] 1269

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