British sprinter Jonnie Peacock is looking for his third Paralympic gold medal at the Paris Games that open on Wednesday night.

Peacock, 31, won the T44 100 meters gold medal at London 2012 and Rio 2016, before taking a shared bronze in T64 100m in Tokyo. Now he hopes that wealth of experience will be vital as he looks for a golden hat-trick.

"I'm the only person in that race that will be contesting this gold medal for the fourth time. I'm almost a man amongst boys here in that sense," he told the Guardian newspaper.

The sprinter stressed that winning a gold medal isn't necessarily about setting a new record, it is about being the fastest racer on the day.

"This is the pressure race...this is not about how fast people have run all year. This is about, can you handle it? Can you handle everyone looking at you? Can you handle a stadium full of people screaming and then doing the job that matters?" he said, pointing out that after Felix Streng of Germany won in Japan, he is "not the hunted anymore, I am the hunter."

Italy's Maxcel Amo Manu, the current world champion, is favorite for gold in Paris, but Peacock again points to his experience of the big day.

"A lot of my competitors haven't probably felt a stadium full of people. That's something I've dealt with many times before and I actually thrive."

"I know people in that race who consistently run their fastest times outside of championships, who consistently turn up to championships and run slower than they have all season," explained the British athlete.

"I expect to run a season best," he commented, adding the "the question is, how many of the other guys can say the same as well?"

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