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Stilwell takes 400m gold with record performance at Rio Paralympics
Posted On Sep 13 2016
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Stilwell is competing in her fourth Paralympic Games, the first as a sitting member of B.C.’s provincial government.
“I have relapsing remitting MS and I don’t know how much more time as an athlete I have”, said Cox, who finds running easier than walking.
Team Nigeria’s captain at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Lucy Ejike has demonstrated that she is a leader indeed, shattering the Paralympic and World Record three successive times to dominate the women’s -61kg event in Powerlifting. It also provides a great opportunity for those who didn’t make it to the Olympics to enjoy sports.
“It’s awesome [being on the same team as Storey]”. “I was sitting alone in the crowd, hearing the fans cheer for others, and, well you can call it selfish, but I just wanted to enjoy my moment by myself”. He won in 1:04.86, just 0.24 seconds quicker than Denys Dubrov of the Ukraine. He had also won the top honors in the same events in the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championship in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
If you thought the stories of the Olympic athletes were enough to inspire you to push a little harder and faster at your next gym session, you’ve seen nothing yet. Four years later, she won three Gold and three Silver medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, cementing herself as one of the most successful Paralympians that New Zealand has ever produced.
25-year-old Cox, who has multiple sclerosis, won the 500 metre time trial in a world record 34.598 seconds, nearly 1.5 seconds ahead of second placed Zhou Jufang of China.
She still has two more athletics events and a road race on the bike to come.
And on Copacabana Beach, there was a silver medal for Lauren Steadman in the PT4 triathlon, having led the race until the final stages of the run before being overtaken by America’s Grace Norman.
“I can’t believe it, I’m so happy”, said Cox said on Channel 4.
The world record holder added, although it’s her fourth games, she continues to be excited to perform as an athlete.
