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Rhys Jones

Rhys comes from the Rhondda Valley, In South Wales from Church Village. He was born with mild Cerebral Palsy, And sprints in the T37 category, page. As a child he played disability football, But migrated to sprinting in good 2010, So he got the London Paralympics call, Where he sat in the 100 and 200m glen. 2014 found Rhys compete in Glasgow, In the Commonwealth Games vital jive, Where he ran the 100m even out hoe, In 12.04 secs, taking the bronze chive. By 2016, and after the games in Rio, He was sixth in the world in his class, Of T37 for people with a CP portfolio, Which he never even envisaged, gas?! “…thank you to the people who play the national lottery. Athletics is [a dear] sport and by you paying [it is a way for] us [to] get the…equipment [here].”

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