The Scottish wheelchair racer, 31, fell just short of following up her T54 1500m and 800m bronzes over 400m with a fourth-place finish at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Melanie Woods admits her hectic World Championship schedule took its toll after narrowly missing out on a hat-trick of medals in New Delhi.
The Scottish wheelchair racer, 31, fell just short of following up her T54 1500m and 800m bronzes over 400m with a fourth-place finish at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
Woods, who had never won a major medal before this week, finished closely behind American Hannah Dederick as Belgian Lea Bayekula grabbed gold ahead of China’s Zhou Zhaoqian.
But she took huge pride from her performances and insists she has more to give after proving she can mix it with the big guns.
“I wanted more from it, but I knew it was going to be tough,” she said.
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“I have to respect I’ve done three championship finals this week, which aren’t the circumstances to get the best out of you.
“You have rest days in between but sometimes that actually stops the momentum.
“I can’t be greedy – coming into this I’d have taken two medals.
“Your perspective then so quickly changes to wanting more.”
Evergreen Dan Greaves insists he’s got plenty more left in the tank after celebrating his 43 rd birthday with a sixth World Championship medal.
The British discus star, who turns 43 today (Saturday), bagged F44 bronze 23 years after grabbing his maiden global gong in Lille.
Greaves, who won Paralympic gold at Athens 2004, threw a distance of 52.42m as Colombian Andres Felipe Mosquera Neira won gold ahead of Trinidad and Tobago athlete Akeem Stewart.
Greaves, a six-time Paralympic medallist, is planning to FaceTime his wife Amanda and children Henry and Matilda shortly after his medal ceremony this afternoon.
He said: “Walking away with a bronze medal at the ripe old age of 42 – 43 tomorrow! – is special.
“I’m not done yet!”
Earlier in the day, one-throw wonder Funmi Oduwaiye says staying calm under pressure propelled her to a memorable maiden major medal.
The shot put star, 22, banked bronze in the F44 event with a personal best of 12.11m despite fouling on her following five throws.
“It was my only valid throw but I’ll take it,”she said.
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