SOPHIE Christiansen is a gold medal winning Paralympian who won three equestrian events at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now the Great British athlete is hoping to pick up another first place as she’s a contender for Sports Personality of the Year 2016. Who is Sophie Christiansen? Sophie Christiansen, 29, is highly decorated Paralympian who has […]
KADENNA Cox is a Paralympic double gold medal winner from Leeds and is a contender for Sports Personality of the Year 2016. She was the first British Paralympian to win Paralympic gold medals in multiple sports since 1984 – in cycling and sprinting, which is why she is up for the prestigious BBC award. What did […]
TEAM GB were shown huge appreciation by supporters as they paraded around Trafalgar Square in London following success at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. It was day two of celebrations for the athletes, after they were applauded by 150,000 fans in Manchester on Monday. Thousands of fans watched on in the capital as the likes […]
DAME SARAH STOREY touched down at Heathrow with the rest of Great Britain’s Paralympian heroes and claimed Rio was just as good as London in 2012. Team GB’s most decorated female Paralympic athlete and the rest of her team-mates were greeted by huge crowds of friends, family and fans after their most successful Games since 1988 – winning 147 […]
GREAT BRITAIN closed out our most successful Paralympics in 28 years with 64 gold medals and 147 in all to seal second spot in the table. Heroes such as Hannah Cockroft, Dame Sarah Storey and Ellie Simmonds led ParalympicsGB to runner-up behind China. The medal tally of 120 from London 2012 was passed on day […]