'It took a long time for me to come down from Paris'

The Loughborough star, 33, is bidding to further bolster her remarkable haul of 16 global golds and nine Paralympic titles in the Indian capital this week.

- HANNAH Cockroft insists she is relishing the prospect of throwing herself into the New Delhi deep end ahead of a “chaotic” World Championships both on and off the track, writes Will Jennings, of Sportsbeat.

GOLD: Hannah Cockroft in Paris

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Cockroft grabbed both T34 100m and 800m gold in Paris last year before her wedding with fellow wheelchair racer Nathan Maguire, 28, and subsequent honeymoon capped a summer to savour.

This will be the first time Cockroft has competed in India, with the likely attendance at the 60,000-seater Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium remaining unknown and the sweltering subcontinental temperatures making for punishing conditions.