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Yorkshire’s Paralympic champion Hannah Cockroft has welcomed the opportunity for her counterparts to compete as equals with able-bodied athletes at two showpiece events on home soil this summer.

And the 29-year-old from Halifax is hoping this recently-earned equality becomes the norm for para-sports.

Cockroft will line up in a 100m wheelchair race at Alexandra Stadium in Birmingham on Saturday, May 21, at the first Diamond League event to have able-bodied and para athletes competing on the same bill.

Hannah Cockroft interview: World Athletics should follow Commonwealth Games’ lead and open up sport for all