“This was just about winning the race, not records”, said Whitehead, after clocking 23.39 seconds.
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“A few things went through my head, how hard it’s been at times, there’s been up and downs so it’s great to be Paralympic champion again”.
The absence of Russian Federation, banned by the International Paralympic Committee for state-sponsored doping, helps, but so far the ParalympicsGB team is delivering after their Olympic counterparts surpassed their targets last month.
“With hard work and determination you can prove people wrong”.
Butterfield was a civil servant in the army before being medically discharged, while Henson was serving with the Royal Engineers in 2011 when he stood on an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.
He was inspired by take sport seriously by appearing in Prince Harry’s Invictus Games two years ago, an event for injured servicemen. He had amputations to both legs.
“Five and a half years ago I almost died and today’s date is pretty important in my life”, he said. “I felt good when I was able to play soccer with my friends”, the Jiangxi-born runner told told the Sunday Times . Words can’t express how thankful I am to their support. “When the London Paralympics were on TV and several South African amputees were stars on the big stage, he was learning how to walk on prosthetics. It’s not my preferred distance [400m is his preference], but I showed that I can run fast over 200m as well as 400m”.
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RICHARD WHITEHEAD helped make it a great eight for Britain last night on a Super Sunday at the Paralympics. They remain a clear second on the medal table behind China with 23 golds, 14 silvers and 19 bronzes.
