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September 2, 2021
Was watching in tokyo. hurtling into history, the moment dame sarah storey went where no british paralympian has gone before. amid torrential rain though, how she had to work for it. storey stayed out of trouble before surging clear with team—mate crystal lane—wright and sprinting to glory. the result? an unprecedented feat for british sport. i7th paralympic gold medalfor her. it is the culmination of a remarkable career. born without a functioning left hand, storey started as a swimmer. she...
September 2, 2021
Dame sarah storey has become britains most successful paralympian of all time. she successfully defended her ca to five cycling road race title in tokyo earlier this morning. thats three golds at the tokyo games and the 17th gold of her career which began — listen to this — back at the 1992 games in barcelona. andy swiss reports. hurtling into history, the moment dame sarah storey went where no british paralympian has gone before. amid torrential rain though, how she had to work for it. she ...
September 2, 2021
Of the tokyo games — and the 17th paralympic gold of her career. dame sarah has now won an incredible 28 paralympic games medals since making her debut at the 1992 games in barcelona — nearly three decades ago. patrick gearey reports. for dame sarah storey, the competition comes from within. an unending desire to outdo herself. to force the lungs and legs to their very limits. then, despite that pain, to do it again. just being determined to win gold medals or be the best person i can be on ...
September 2, 2021
0ur sports correspondent andy swiss was watching in tokyo. hurtling into history — the moment dame sarah storey went where no british paralympian has gone before. amid torrential rain, though, how she had to work for it. storey stayed out of trouble before, on the last lap, she surged clear with team—mate crystal lane—wright. but come the final sprint, there was only going to be one winner. the result, an unprecedented feat for british sport. commentator: 17th paralympic gold medal for her...
September 2, 2021
For dame sarah storey, the competition comes from within. an unending desire to outdo herself. to force the lungs and legs to their very limits. then, despite that pain, to do it again. just being determined to win gold medals or be the best person i can be on a bike now and in a swimming pool previously. its just a privilege to have that opportunity, and just being fit and healthy as the main thing, but obviously being able to take it to that elite level and compete against the best in the worl...
September 2, 2021
Career over 29 years. our reporter patrick geary looks back at her remarkable career so far. for dame sarah storey, the competition comes from within. an unending desire to outdo herself. to force the lungs and legs to their very limits. then, despite that pain, to do it again. just being determined to win gold medals or be the best person i can be on a bike now and in a swimming pool previously. its just a privilege to have that opportunity, and just being fit and healthy as the main thing, but...
August 24, 2021
Obviously it can be a personal best time that further cements that youve been doing the right work. march 2019, and her preparations for these games were all going to play on. she won the c5 individual pursuit world title, the event she competes them tomorrow. but then the pandemic changed everything. as a cyclist, herstory pandemic changed everything. as a cyclist, her story could still train — but that had to be balanced with home—schooling. no covid restrictions mean she will compete with...
August 24, 2021
Mean she will compete without family with her for the first time. its not something to be taken lightly. it is a huge undertaking to do this by yourself and when youre used to having that support around, but i got really big mental strain but i will be working on that every day and expected to be tough. i prepared. the kids have been preparing me. the resilience runs right through the career, having been born without a functioning left hand, she began her sporting life is a swimmer, winning her ...
August 24, 2021
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