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Olympic heroes to take part in anniversary games

Jonnie Peacock Credit: PA

Cambridgeshire's Paralympic gold medallist Jonnie Peacock and Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford, from Milton Keynes, have confirmed they'll compete at London's Anniversary Games this summer.

Greg Rutherford Credit: PA

The pair will be joined by other gold medal winning members of Team GB at the The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in July.

Paralympian becomes charity patron

Jonnie Peacock becomes charity patron
Jonnie Peacock becomes charity patron Credit: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire

Paralympic gold medallist Jonnie Peacock has become a patron of the Meningitis Research Foundation.

The charity funds research in a bid to prevent the diesease and support for those affected by it. The London 2012 sprinter from Doddington in Cambridgeshire lost a leg to meningitis when he was just five years old.

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