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Kare Adenegan prepares for Paralympic debut four years after taking up sport
- Updated: September 7, 2016
Four years after taking up wheelchair racing, teenager Kare Adenegan is preparing for her Paralympic debut with the knowledge that there’s every chance she could come away from Brazil as a multiple medallist.
Adenegan, at just 15, is the youngest athlete in the British athletics team but holds realistic medal ambitions in the T34 category as she prepares to go in the 100m, 400m and 800m.
Two bronze medals over the longer distances in Doha at the IPC World Championships last October while she was still only 14 confirmed the promise she’s shown since first learning about her sport at the 2012 Paralympics in London, and proved what a fast learner she is.
“It’s amazing really,” Adenegan said. “It’s only four years ago. I remember my first session struggling and having really tough winters wondering if am I ever really going to get to the world stage.
“I remember before Doha thinking that I’m aiming for London 2017. That was the World Championships I wanted to get to. The fact I got to go to Doha two years before that was just a …
