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Triple gold medal-winning para dressage rider Suzanna Hext has been selected for the Tokyo Paralympics as part of the British swimming squad.
Suzanna, who evented up to CCI2 (now CCI3 -L) before a life-changing riding accident nine years ago, told
H&H she traces her success in the pool back to watching the para riders at London 2012 from her hospital bed.
“When I was lying in hospital it was during the London 2012 Paralympics. At the time I was stuck in quite a big rut,” she said. “I’ll be completely honest, I guess I’d lost me as a person my sense of identity has always been sport.
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Tully Kearney: Seven-time Para-swimming champion shocked by wait for Covid-19 vaccine clearance by WADA Tully Kearney, who hopes to compete for ParalympicsGB at Tokyo next summer, said on Twitter: I m actually shocked being in the clinically extremely vulnerable group and likely to be called for vaccination soon that this has not been dealt with sooner!
Last Updated: 11/12/20 6:03am Tully Kearney (L) and Suzanna Hext (R) of Great Britain pose with their medals after the women s 100m freestyle S5 Final at the 2019 World Para-swimming Allianz Championships
Seven-time Para-swimming world champion Tully Kearney has said she is shocked about having to potentially make a decision to either miss the Tokyo Paralympics or protect herself from Covid-19.