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Paralympics in Paris

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with the stadium in the background and a union jack behind the 4 Paralympians in the team. 2 men, Jonnie and Zac, with arms around each other smiling. Blonde woman, Ali, slightly crouching down smiling. Blonde woman Sammi sat in her racing wheelchair smiling whilst holding the flag
PICTURE DESCRIPTION with the stadium in the background and a union jack behind the 4 Paralympians in the team. 2 men, Jonnie and Zac, with arms around each other smiling. Blonde woman, Ali,  slightly crouching down smiling. Blonde woman Sammi sat in her racing wheelchair smiling whilst holding the flag

Zac Shaw whom I’ve wrote about many times, has done our country and our Stargardt’s Disease community proud at the Paralympics in Paris.

Showing everyone what you CAN do!

He has won

An individual Bronze medal in the T12 Mens 100m race.

The T12 category is for athletes with visual impairment. Athletes in this category will generally have some residual sight, the ability to recognise the shape of a hand at a distance of 2 metres and the ability to perceive clearly will be no more than 2/60. T12 athletes can run with guides also.

A Silver medal in the 4 x 100m mixed relay team which includes Jonnie Peacock, Ali Smith and Sammi Kinghorn.

They also achieved a European record of 46.01 seconds.


Photo credit British Athletics

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An honest, warts & all sightloss blog about living with a rare genetic eye condition, Macular Dystrophy, Stargardt's Disease. To track how this progresses in myself. Hopefully help others & bring awareness. Let's see what happens next...

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