In 2008, double amputee Oscar Pistorius of South Africa successfully lobbied for the right to race on carbon fiber blades in IAAF events, including the Olympic Games. Four years later he became the first amputee to run against able-bodied competition at the Olympics when he competed in the 400 meters in London. This year… Continue reading Technology Doping
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Something the Paralympics are not telling you
Speaking from personal experience, the classification system that is place in Paralympic sport is an absolute mine field, as I competed in 3 different sport throughout my 10 years career. I could tell you why someone is in that particular classification in a sport I did, but couldn’t do the same if it was the… Continue reading Something the Paralympics are not telling you
Disability Sport Wales’ Insport Series
It was an honour and privilege to be invited as an VIP to speak about my experiences of the Paralympics at the Disability Sport Wales Insport Series held on September 9th and 10th 2016.
Interview with Dan Highcock: Online training, nutrition coach, Paralympic and pro wheelchair basketball player
In this latest blog, I caught up with Dan Highcock who is now an online training, nutrition coach as well as being a professional wheelchair basketball player in Spain. Not only that Dan and I also competed alongside each other at London 2012 for ParalympicsGB, though not in the same sport.
Interview with Karen Kyle from Disability Fitness Canada
In this latest blog, I sat down to interview Karen Kyle from disabilityfitness.ca. How Long have you been in the Fitness Industry? “I started off as a Group Fitness Instructor at the YMCA 10 years ago and became a certified Personal Trainer in 2013.” What was your background before getting into the… Continue reading Interview with Karen Kyle from Disability Fitness Canada