Hannah Crockroft

Hannah Crockroft has cerebral palsy from her birth, And having CP myself, she’s kind of special to me, Because CP is not derided anymore, much, as alien, But is called brain damage, not your own currency. She was born on the 30th July 1992, West Yorkshire, In Halifax, and fought two cardiac arrests after birth, The doctors said she’d never walk, talk, and function, Or outlive her teens: but you just determine yourself. She did lots of school sports and made the talent day, By the BPA at that good old sports and tech university, Loughborough, where she met Tanni Grey’s husband, Dr Ian Thomson, who made her into racing authority. She’s a wheelchair racer in the T34 class of sprints. Her father, who she’s very close to and is a welder, Built her first racing chair which was fast and neat: He takes her out every morn on the Yorkshire felder. At the Worlds 2011, in Christchurch in New Zealand, Hannah won gold in both the 100 and the 200 metres, And then, the Hurricane spry in 2012 London scored, When she took gold in these two events again - litres! She took gold at Lyon at the IPC Worlds, two, 2013, Then in Swansea at the Euros she again took two, And then 2015 at the Worlds in Doha she won three, And now at Rio in the Paras she’s homed three due. She breaks all the records with WRs, ERs and PRs, Demolishing her personal best most times to achieve, Ahead by 10 metres, 6, or even 4, she’s my stat hero, And studies sports and media at university, to sleeve. Rhoda Monihan _________ I am extremely sad about the tragic accident which happened today in the cycling road race at Rio on a downhill stretch of the course. Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, aged 48, died of a cardiac arrest which he suffered in the ambulance after sustaining a brain injury when he crashed. My thoughts and love are with his family and friends. He leaves behind a wife and a son.