Golden girl Kadeena Cox defies injury and illness to claim gold medal
If energy and persistence conquer all things then it is no wonder Kadeena Cox can’t be stopped.
Amid an injury-ravaged year and an eating disorder flare-up, the 30-year-old from Leeds somehow found the resolve and courage to not only defend her C4-5 500m time trial Paralympic gold, but smash the world record in the process.
When Canada’s Kate O’Brien, the previous world record holder, clocked 35.439 seconds just before Cox was due on track, the chances of her repeating Rio’s cycling-athletics double seemed in jeopardy.
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