The Scot, 31, finally won her first major gong with bronze in the T54 800m event on Monday and followed it up with the same colour in the 1500m two days later
Melanie Woods believes she is ready to dine at the top of the wheelchair racing table after a second World Championship medal in New Delhi.
The Scot, 31, finally won her first major gong with bronze in the T54 800m event on Monday and followed it up with the same colour in the 1500m two days later.
Woods has suffered so many near medal misses over the past few years, with two fourth-place finishes at last year’s global showpiece in Kobe and sixths at both the Paris Paralympics and Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
But after getting off the mark in the Indian capital, she’s continued the momentum with a second podium finish in the space of three days.
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Woods is loving life mixing it with the big guns and says she won’t be content unless she continues improving.
“Two medals out of two races – what more could you ask for?” she said.
“It’s funny – for so long, I wanted to be up and amongst the medals and make finals, but when you’re up that you almost immediately reset your goals.
“It’s a case of ‘how can I do better?’ – you’re always coming away from it thinking how you could have been stronger.”
Six-time Paralympic champion Catherine Debrunner grabbed gold ahead of Zhou Zhaoqian as Woods beat Tian Yajuan, Zhou’s compatriot, to bronze.
She will now turn her attention to the 400m event, which kicks off with the heats on Friday, as she bids to complete a stunning hat-trick of medals.
Asked if she was confident she could achieve that, Woods added: “Hopefully!
“The good thing about the 400m is that I don’t need to worry about anyone else – it’s just me and my lane.
“I can empty the tank, so I’m excited for that.”
Later in the morning, Kirkcaldy star and Paris Paralympic T20 1500m champion Ben Sandilands was forced to withdraw from the event – scheduled to take place on Saturday – with injury.
But in the evening session, Victoria Levitt swapped groceries for gold with a stunning world title on debut.
Levitt, who works in Tesco back home, scorched to a scintillating T44 100m triumph as British teammate and fellow debutant Bebe Jackson bagged bronze.
The Mansfield athlete stopped the clock in 13.22s to beat American Annie Carey to glory.
Levitt, who juggles her work at the retailer with another job in administration for a disability charity, will return home to the hectic pre-festive period but says Santa’s already been by delivering an unforgettable gold.
“Being world champion is probably the scariest thing I’ve ever heard – and probably will take some time to sink in,” she said.
“Working in Tesco is pretty eventful – I’ll be coming back for the pre-Christmas work and already been told I’m going to be very busy!
“I’m looking forward to that – this whole thing has been unbelievable.”
Hannah Cockroft dashed to a dominant 18 th world title – then vowed she is ‘not done yet’ and determined to go even faster.
‘Hurricane Hannah’, 33, followed up her T34 400m triumph with glory over 100m as British teammate Kare Adenegan once again won silver.
“I’m never satisfied – I feel like I’m not there yet. I know there’s better to come and I can go quicker,” she said.
On a memorable night for British sprinting, Didi Okoh banked bronze in the T63 100m.
The Paris Paralympic bronze medallist, 22, said: “I went into this race with a really calm attitude – I wanted to PB, which I didn’t do, but I won a medal instead.”
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