Cox keen to compete at Winter Paralympics

1474641624779

Kadeena Cox became the first GB athlete since Isabel Barr (later Newstead) to win medals in two sports at one Games

Kadeena Cox wants to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, after winning two gold medals in Rio this summer.

Cox, 25, became the first Briton since 1988 to win a medal in two sports at the same Paralympics with success in the cycling time trial and T38 400m.

“Before I was ill I was doing skeleton,” said Cox. “I love bobsleigh. It would be nice to do a winter and a summer Olympics in the same cycle.”

Bobsleigh’s inclusion in Beijing 2022 has been provisionally …

continue reading in source www.bbc.co.uk

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *