INTERVIEW: HAZEL CHAISTY
The newest member of the Tokyo Paralympics team talks exclusively to Bow
Great Britain is sending five archers to the Tokyo Paralympics, due to start on 24 August.Three – Jess Stretton, John Stubbs and Nathan Macqueen – are experienced Paralympians, and two are recurve archers making their debuts at the Games. Hazel Chaisty and Dave Phillips – the latter only confirmed following classification at the beginning of June – will compete as a recurve mixed team.
Derbyshire-based Hazel, who has been training full-time for the Games at Lilleshall National Sports Centre and is in her seventh year as an archer, said: “I used to do running and mountain biking, and scuba diving was a mainstay in my earlier years. When I lost my leg, I was still looking for something to take that place because I was bored and depressed. Just sitting at home I was absolutely going out of my mind.