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Lora Turnham

Lora’s tandem pilot is Corrine Hall, But she originally knew Fiona Duncan, In the speedy sport of para-cycling, And was born on 4th September 1998. She picked up this discipline by team, In 2009, when she joined TeamGB, real, And won a silver at the 2011 UCI Worlds, And so was selected for the 2012 Paras. There she came in fourth for the B kilo, And also for the tandem B pursuit track, And then seventh place in the road race, And eighth in the time trial: she did well. In 2013 at the UCI Worlds in Canada, Lora and Corrine both won the silver, But beat that win with a gold, time trial, Which took her right to the USA Worlds. In Greenville she had a bronze catch, In the tandem B time trial round n’ round, But topped that again with a gold medal, In the tandem B road race, they grinned. In 2016 at the UCI Worlds, Montichiari, Lora won the bronze in the B pursuit. In Rio she won gold for the individual: “I can't thank [mum and dad] enough.” Her two brothers as well as her mum, Suffer from this hereditary sight loss, But immediately after winning at Rio, She was planning her wedding event.

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