against new zealand in wellington. the home side finished day three just 2a runs behind after beginning their second innings 226 adrift. tom latham and devon conway made 1a9 before new zealand lost three wickets to jack leach and joe root, but kane williamson and henry nicholls dug in to finish on 3/202. keely hodgkinson says she was a little bit gutted to miss out on a new women s 800m world record at athletics world indoor tour final in birmingham, despite setting a new british record. the olympic 800m silver medallist shaved 200ths of a second off her own record, and claimed her third win in three races to take the overall world tour title for the women s 800m, setting her up nicely for the european indoor championships next month. dina asher smith, meanwhile, says she s looking for no more major life events after a tumultuous two years after also setting a new national record in the 60m, clocking 7.03 seconds and beating her own record of 7.0a
wickets to jack leach and joe root. but kane williamson and henry nicholls dug in, to finish on 3/202. keely hodgkinson says she was a little bit gutted to miss out on a new women s 800m world record at athletics world indoor tourfinal in birmingham, despite setting a new british record. the olympic 800m silver medallist shaved 200ths of a second off her own record and claimed her third win in three races to take the overall world tour title for the women s 800m, setting her up nicely for the european indoor championships next month. dina asher smith, meanwhile, says she s looking for no more major life events after a tumultuous two years after also setting a new national record in the 60m, clocking 7.03 seconds and beating her own record of 7.04 seconds set injanuary. promising start for dina asher smith, be good to see her doing well this year after the last
but we can match that challenge, we can improve from the wales game, so the players drive that too, and going into the game on the back of wins is a much better place to be in than if you re coming off the back of defeats. yes, huge match them later. keeley hodgkinson says she was a little bit gutted to miss out on a new women s 800 metre world record at athletics world indoor tour final in birmingham despite setting a new british record. the olympic 800 metre silver medallist shaved two hundredths of a second off her own record, and claimed her third win in three races to take the overall world tour title for the women s 800m, setting her up nicely for the european indoor championships next month. and dina asher smith set a new national record, too, in the 60 metre sprint, with a time of 7.03 seconds, which just about beat her own record set last month. she says she s hoping for no more major life events after a challenging year with her grandmother s passing, and injuries.
climbing clothes the newlywed celebrated, no doubt feeling like they were on top of the world. some news from the paralympics now. british wheelchair star hannah cockroft has picked up the sixth gold medal of her illustrious paralympic career, by powering to t34 100 victory in a world record time of 16.39 seconds. twenty nine year old cockroft beat her own global best by 0.18 seconds at the national stadium in tokyo, with compatriot kare adenegan taking silver with a time of 17.03. finally, two afghan athletes have arrived in tokyo to take part in the paralympic games after they were evacuated to france following the taliban s takeover. the international paralympic committee said taekwondo fighter zakia khudadadi and sprinter hossain rasouli were flown to paris last weekend from the afghan capital. with the country s delegation unable to attend, the afghan national flag was carried by a paralympic volunteer