Woodhall upsets world record holder Floors in 400m final


I did it too!: US’ Hunter Woodhall celebrates with his wife Olympic women’s long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall after the victory ceremony for the men’s 400m T62 final. — AFP

HUNTER Woodhall, the double amputee sprinter who is one half of an Olympic-Paralympic power couple, charged to gold in the T62 400m on Friday.

American Woodhall, who is married to Olympic women’s long jump champion Tara Davis-Woodhall, timed 46.36sec to beat world record holder Johannes Floors of Germany by two metres and then ran straight into the arms of his wife who was trackside in the Stade de France.

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