LITTLE over a month ago there were fears the Paralympics would be cancelled due to cash problems. Yet not only did it go ahead, but it staged an exciting 11 days of athletics action to bring the track and field season to an end.
From this week’s AW cover star Jonnie Peacock and fellow sprinters such as Sophie Hahn and Libby Clegg through to wheelchair racer Hannah Cockroft and field-eventers like Jo Butterfield and Aled Davies, the British Paralympians in Rio performed spectacularly and whetted our appetite for the World ParaAthletics Champs in London in 2017.