Finlay Menzies added to the Novuna Great Britain & Northern Ireland team’s medal haul in New Delhi by bagging bronze in the T72 100m on day four of the World Para Athletics Championships 2025.

Having delivered a personal best in the morning qualifying session, Menzies (Graeme Reid, Livingston) took it up another level in the final.

He achieved a second personal best of the day to finish in 16.29 seconds and claim a podium place in his first-ever World Championships.

“It feels amazing that it’s been the first games I’ve been involved in and I have managed to medal. It makes it so special,” he said.

“I was pretty confident that I could make it happen – I just had to give it my best shot. It’s absolutely amazing my parents are here and I can celebrate this with them.

“I’m so passionate about frame running – it’s so fun and the only way that I can run. I can’t wait for LA – it’s so exciting.

“It would be amazing if more people could watch and know about it. I’d love for more people to see what people can do with whatever disability they’ve got, and that they’re more than what their disability is.”

 

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Nathan Maguire (Ste Hoskins, Kirkby) just missed out on a medal in a very fast T54 400m final, finishing fourth.

The 28-year-old finished in 45.86, just 0.42 seconds behind China’s Dai Yunqiang, in a race that saw winner Yassine Gharbi earn victory in a championship record of 44.96 seconds.

“That was really, really quick,” Maguire said. “I knew it was going to be tough. There were five of us fighting for three medals. To come fourth out of five is tough. I am quite happy with it.

“In Paris last year, I beat Gharbi, who just won, but he hasn’t raced me this year, so this is the first time we have raced him.

“I knew he was going to pull something out, but I didn’t think it would be that quick.

“I’ve still got a few more races, the speed that I hit then – I hit 22 mph down the home straight, so the fact I can get it that the home straight bodes well for the 800 and the 1500.”

Arthur Milles (Trevor Cummings, St Mary’s Richmond) featured in the T13 1500m final on his international debut. He finished 11th overall as he clocked 4:12.92 in New Delhi.

“My aim was to go with the faster guys, but there was a bit of shoving and pushing at the beginning, which caused me to panic a bit and go wide.

“That is something I need to work on. When you have lots of visually impaired people on the track together, there is inevitably going to be something like that. Hopefully, if I keep improving, I will get more used to that and develop tactics on what to do when there is a bit of shoving.”

Dan Gladman (Leigh) was also among the best in his field on his international debut as he competed in the men’s T64 100m final. He clocked a time of 11.39 seconds to finish seventh overall.