Sabrina Fortune Smashes Own World Record in Paris Warm-Up

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Sabrina Fortune has shattered her own F20 shot put world record ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games. The 27-year-old from Deeside achieved a remarkable throw of 14.83m during a senior meeting at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Sunday.

By David Williams

Sabrina Fortune has shattered her own F20 shot put world record ahead of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games.

The 27-year-old from Deeside achieved a remarkable throw of 14.83m during a senior meeting at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Sunday.

This new record surpasses her previous best by 10cm, which she set in May at the World Para Athletics Championships in Japan.

Fortune is one of the Para-athletes selected by ParalympicsGB for the Paris Games, which will take place from 28 August to 8 September.

At the start of this summer, Fortune broke the women’s F20 shot put world record twice as she powered to a third successive gold medal at the World Para Champs in Kobe.

She secured the hattrick of gold medals in a remarkable series which she had threatened all year after a confident start to the season back in April.

In Kobe, the Welsh athlete dominated the shot put circle and commanded the arena as she rewrote the record books after a superb series.

She opened with a very strong throw of 14.18m to put her into an early lead, and with her confidence sky-high, she extended the lead with the 14.56m, 17cm further than the previous record held by Poleth Isamar Mendes Sanchez (ECU) who would finish in second overall with a best of 13.90m.

Sabrina Fortune Keeps A ‘Straight Face’ To Smash World Record Twice To Land Shot Gold

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