Bristol Post

Age: 30 cycling/athletics 2 golds

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Discipline: Medals:

In Rio Kadeena Cox became the first GB Paralympia­n in 32 years to win gold in two different sports. But in her bid to match that impressive double, the cyclist and runner faced a series of setbacks in training that tested her deterAlrea­dy

facing lockdown restrictio­ns, last Christmas Kadeena, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at 23, suffered an injury that further disrupted her preparatio­ns. But she got off to a flying start in Tokyo with two cycling golds and a world record in the 500m time trial, and as we went to press she was gearing up to run the 400m sprint.

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