“E Ouro!” my pilot Danny shouted at me as soon as we crossed the finish line at the 2024 UCI Para-Cycling World Championships. In March.
I can't prove that we just won the third world title in the competition. The European Union was absolutely ecstatic.
I began to remember all the challenges that had happened since the accident that had changed my life. blind In 2017 – I learned to sit again, walk again, adjust to a life without vision – and suddenly, it all seemed worth it.
At the age of 19, I was in my sophomore year of college when I came down with a rare type of E. coli, out of suspicion. food poisoning.
Is there multiple organ failure, collapsed lungs and heart failure In a very short period of time.
I have been in a coma for over a week. I had no fear of what was happening around me – I barely heard that my country had medical equipment since then. He told me
Doctors have told me many times over the years that I might not survive, and they have told me they will say goodbye to me many times.
Fortunately, I managed to survive.
I didn't remember much of my time in the hospital, but when I agreed to it I lost all sight. To be honest, I'm not afraid to remember it.
Losing my vision was a complete shock to everyone, as the doctors were working so hard to keep me alive and my major organs functioning that going blind was almost the last thing I could think about.
He was also very weak. I couldn't sit or walk and had to start from scratch.
Life as I knew it is over.
I was a completely crazy teenager about Cavalos Ateh Intau. Horse riding was my hobby, my sport, my peace, my social life – it was basically my whole world.
They were at the stables all weekend and it was always with the intention that horses would be a part of my future.
But now he can't walk or see. I thought so. Don't walk again.
Wait until you lose your vision. I wanted to be independent, so needing help with the simplest tasks was very frustrating.
But I decided I had two choices: either sit there feeling sorry for myself (which is understandable, given everything that had happened!), or try to achieve something I had never been able to achieve, even with my vision.
Intao, He went to ao esporte to help me nisso. And, In a vulgar way, h you saved me
The doctors and nurses at UCLH and St Barts Hospital ensure that my horse is looked after while I am in their care to help keep me happy.
Somehow, they rode a horse or 13 steps and did not go up the Mercadorias or Troxram elevator in um dos quartos.
Patient changed elevator as soon as he got on. I said I crossed my face when I saw cavalo olhando para eles no tinha price!
It was a very surreal experience, a scary, sad and terrifying moment for me, my family and the hospital team. I was overjoyed and felt a little bit like I was home.
Although he assumed he would never be able to walk again, he was very wrong.
Yuya I had lost my vision, but not my skills. The thought of riding again made me want to. He was desperate to come to his senses and get back to the Cavallo he had always enjoyed.
It was really scary and different, but I think a good balance is more about the sense of vision, so I turned to the pace of things quickly, in a very simple direction.
There are a variety of equestrian disciplines, including dressage, show jumping and combined eventing, when you start show jumping again.
After returning to equitação, I was ready for the next challenge.
Minha first era façanha foi um Running in the park And in September 2018, the same year I learned to walk again. My dad ran with me, securing my coat to guide me, and since it was so new to me, it was very difficult. Not true, I vomited yet!
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But it was a great achievement and helped me prove to myself what I could still achieve. And it really encouraged me to keep going. To keep aiming higher, bigger and better.
I want to know what to do when I run London Marathon In 2019, she raised £15,000 for the RNIB.
If people are wondering if progress has started or if they are in their comfort zone, that is the case for me.
Here's to a different season in 2020, after a visit from a British Cycling Talent ID test day will be held for entry. M.S. Paralympic Foundation Program. You have a lot of experience in cycling, but you have a lot of experience in life.
I went to the racetrack the other day, and it was so cool – it was really cool. When people think that progress has started in their comfort zone, and that's the case for me.
This was the first time since I lost my sight that I was with people I didn't know, so it was really stressful.
Once I don't ride a bike for the first time It was scary, I was feeling very positive and it was an environment I really wanted to be part of. I got a phone call from British Cycling a few weeks later saying they wanted me to join the Fundação para-cyclismo program.
It was also my first real experience in the Paralympic community, and getting to know people who were also overcoming their challenges helped me build the confidence so I could succeed.
Isso paved the way for people who are here now.
Cycling has been great for my physical conditioning and fitness, but the main thing I've noticed is how much more confident and independent I've become since joining the Grà-Bretanha Cycling Team.
I've made new people, traveled the world and conquered so many things personally, all in my twenties – sometimes the best things really do happen when you least expect them.
I do not testify that two years ago I won a medal in the Grà-Bretanha World Championships, after participating in the 2022 Para-Cycling World Championships, in France.
Last year, she managed to win gold and bronze at the 2023 UCI World Championships, in Scotland.
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I also won't be getting my pilot, Danny, who in addition to being a great cyclist, also likes to ride bikes.
We had a tandem bike and Danny sat in the front, Doing everything from navigating the race to reading our competitors' tactics.. He is called the pilot and sits in the back – he is called the “fireman” and provides power while we pedal in sync.
Winning those three gold medals in March was our first event together; and now we’ve been selected to compete in our first Paralympics this year. It was a real “belisque-me” moment. I couldn’t believe it when I heard it, but I couldn’t be more excited.
I feel proud to have you by my side.
None of this would have been possible without the support of British Cycling and funding from The National Lottery, which allows me to train full-time and have access to the best facilities, coaches, physiotherapists and nutritionists.
It changed my cycling career and gave me a better opportunity, despite all the adversity I faced.
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