David Weir with his gold medal after winning the Men's 5000m - T54 at the Olympic Stadium, London. Picture: John Walton/PA Wire
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
12:34 PM
Six-time Paralympic gold medalist David Weir is hoping this weekend?s Sainsbury?s Anniversary Games will allow people to bask in the memories of the London Games still further.
Weir, 34, took four golds in his home Paralympics last summer and will race in a one-mile wheelchair exhibition event on Sunday as part of the Anniversary Games at the Olympic Stadium.
The London Paralympics were a watershed moment for the movement, with over 2.5million tickets sold across all sports.
But Weir wants this weekend?s event, which also includes a Diamond League meet, to give even more people the chance to sample just a little bit of the spirit of the summer of 2012.
?I had so many Tweets and messages on Facebook asking when people could watch me race because they didn?t have the opportunity to get [Paralympic] tickets,? he told Press Association Sport.
?When this came about I jumped at the chance to see if I could race there and those fans that missed out can come and watch us race again and they are really going to enjoy it.
?It doesn?t matter what race it is I still want to be competitive.
?It is a one-off event and I will try and get a time as fast as I can for the mile, I don?t think there is a record for it at the moment so it would be good to go and get it.
?But it is just going to be great to go and race in the stadium where I had that success last year and please the crowd.
Weir admits he knows whether or not he will compete at the next Paralympics in Rio in 2016 but will not be announcing his decision until later next year.
He believes that will put less pressure on his shoulders as he looks to be competitive at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
?I have got a few more races in the autumn, I have got the Great North Run and maybe the New York Marathon,? he said.
?A good winter?s training and then start with the season, I?m not sure which races I will do yet but the Commonwealth Games will certainly be the main focus for 2014.
?I just don?t want to be pressurised [by revealing his 2016 intentions] and it gives me a two-year plan to get ready for Rio...if I go.?
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