Peacock Hails Pistorius, UK Crowd After 100m Win

The day after winning gold in a thrilling T44 100m final in the Olympic Stadium, British sprinter Jonnie Peacock paid tribute to Oscar Pistorius and to the "unreal" support he received from the crowd. Meanwhile teammate Hannah Cockroft, the gold medalist in the T34 100m and 200m categories at the Paralympics, says everything was "perfect" in her 200m victory on Thursday night.

Published

9 months ago

Categories

Sports, World

Topics

Europe, Paralympic Games

People

Oscar Pistorius, Jonnie Peacock, Hannah Cockroft

Places

London, United Kingdom

Transcript

SHOTLIST: LONDON, 7 SEPT, 2012 SOURCE: AFPTV -VAR press conference SOUNDBITE 1: Jonnie Peacock, gold medallist, ParalympicsGB, T44 100m [English, 33 sec]: "I wanted to wait for the board to see my result officially because I wasn't too sure -- I'd just finished the race and I was like 'I've won, wait a minute -- have I won? I just want to make sure..'. It was so surreal and I couldn't really believe it so when it came up on the board, Oscar was right there and I just gave him the biggest hug... and he goes to me 'I told you you would do it'. That guy I've got so much respect for, he's such a legend in Paralympic sport and to be in the same race as him was great but when you get on that start line you've got to forget who you are racing." -VAR press conference SOUNDBITE 2: Jonnie Peacock, gold medallist, T44 100m [English, 18 sec]: "It still hasn't settled in -- it's just been so fast-paced since I've finished the race, I've just been chucked from one place to another place and I got three hours sleep last night and hopefully in a bit I'll have some time to sleep and reflect on the Games, sit down with my coach, discuss the actual race -- how it went and have a few beers." -VAR press conference SOUNDBITE 3: Hannah Cockroft (woman), ParalympicsGB gold medallist in T34 100m and 200m [English, 11 sec]: "It's like the most amazing atmosphere ever and people are like 'you can just ignore it ' but you don't want to ignore it because it's just that amazing. I think it does really push you along, it was absolutely fantastic. I want to do it again…" -VAR press conference SOUNDBITE 4: Hannah Cockroft, ParalympicsGB gold medallist in T34 100m and 200m [English, 7 sec]: "I would have loved a world record but two races in one day is quite hard work so I got a Paralympic one and you can't complain at that." -VAR press conference ------------------------------------------------------------- NO AFP TEXT STORY