15 February, 2022
We return with this conversation with the inspirational parathlete Kadeena Cox. She talks to us about managing training with MS and what it was really like at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.
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If you're a regular listener to our podcast, you're going to enjoy the first in our series of season two. Recorded at the National Running Show Dominic Brown chats to four time Paralympic champion Kadeena Cox, who became the first person in 32 years to win two gold medals in two different sports at the Paralympic games.
Dom talks to Kadeena about the Paralympics in Tokyo and what the experience was like at the games.
In 2014 Kadeena was diagnosed with MS and two years later she was competing in the Paralympics – she is a real inspiration to so many and we’re excited to share our conversation with her.
Kadeena Cox is a 4-time Paralympic Champion who became the first person in 32 years to win 2 gold medals in 2 different sports at a Paralympic games. Kadeena's Paralympic journey started at Rio 2016 coming away with 2 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze after winning the T38 athletics 400m and C4 cycling 500m time trial at Rio 2016, setting new world records in both. paa's domination as the leading Para-athlete in the world continued again at Tokyo 2020 as Kadeena once again came away with 2 Paralympic gold medals and once again set 2 World Records.
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