GB’s Reid wins gold in T44 long jump

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Reid won T44 long jump bronze at the 2011 World Para-athletics Championships

Stef Reid won Great Britain’s second gold medal at the World Para-athletics Championships in London with victory in the T44 long jump.

The double Paralympic silver medallist, 32, jumped 5.40m in the event for athletes with a single leg amputation below the knee.

The Netherlands’ Marlene van Gansewinkel took silver and Japan’s Maya Nakanishi bronze.

Hannah Cockroft won GB’s first gold in the T34 100m on Friday.

Britain’s medal tally stands at four, with plenty of opportunities to add to that total in Saturday evening’s session.

Reid, who lost her right foot in a boating accident as a teenager, won silver at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Paralympics.

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