British athlete Sophie Hancock continued her preparations for next month's World Paralympic Championships by beating the F40 discus world record. The 19-year-old from Horwich threw 20.00m at the inaugural Throwfest challenge at Alexander Stadium in Birmingham on Saturday.
It beat the existing record of 19.23m held by US athlete Jill Kennedy.
The throw must now be officially ratified by the International Paralympic Committee as a world record.
"I've been throwing pretty well in training, but I didn't expect to throw further than the world record," admitted the teenager.
"I'd had a couple of 18m throws already and I thought I had managed around 19m but when they said it was 20m I was shocked."
Hancock returns to action this weekend at the European Dwarf Championships in Belfast along with Kim Minett, who is also part of the World Championship team.
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