Best Doha Poems

This is an ancient land lapped by two seas in the south,
          girdled by mountains the highest on the earth.
Many mighty rivers flow across this fertile land,
         ...

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David can often be seen hot on the trail, 
Of Richard Whitehead, sprinter, runner, 
And was reported in Rio de Janero’s mail, 
As the 200m bronze medalist, stunner.

He went to St George Catholic College, 
Located in Southhampton, that busy port, 
Attended Hertfordshire Uni on the...

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Sammi was crushed in snow and ice, 
Under the beam of a forklift truck, 
Being driven by her dad on his farm, 
Such that her back did break, no luck. 

Her physio at Glasgow’s Southern, 
Sent her to top Stoke Mandeville,
Because she showed interest in,...

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Sabrina has the condition speech dyspraxia, 
Which caused a mild intellectual impairment, 
And so competes in athletics throwing events, 
Specialising in the shot put discipline, skill. 

Her brother who competed in sports games, 
Inspired her to join a club - she was eleven.
At junior level...

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Olivia, or Livvy, is a Sky Academy Sports Scholar, 
Competes in sprint T38 and long jump events F38.
She was born in Guildford, England, to a mother, 
Who is Welsh and to a father who is of Irish state.

Born with Cerebral Palsy, Livvy raced at school,...

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Kare Adenegan

I love the city of Coventry ‘cos it’s disability friendly, 
Since it houses Great Britain’s national disabled college, 
As Hereward resides there with insight, policies bendy, 
Towards its students who mainstream don’t admonish. 

Kare who was only 15 at Rio comes from Coventry, 
She...

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Sophie was born with an abnormal right foot, 
So when she was nine she chose amputation, 
She comes from Camden then moved to Bath, 
And now studies at Bath College Illustration. 

In 2011 she went to a Playground to Podium,
Event at Bath University because she...

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Derek runs 26 mile marathons,
With his nerve-damaged right arm
Anchored in a sling: solid sounds, 
‘Cos a truck did cause him harm.
 
The accident changed his life, 
But he can’t remember it, recall, 
It ended his life as a joiner, Fife, 
And now he sells used...

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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...

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Laura was born with her foot at the wrong angle, 
Which is the condition of Talipes, but many ops,
Corrected this, although she was left standing, 
With very little ankle movement. She loves sport. 

Through school she found hockey and in 2011,
Playing in the indoor squad...

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Paul was born with cerebral palsy, 
Deprived of blood in the womb, 
And his father, also called Paul, 
Acted in Starwars, in the 1977 film.

He was born in 1990, 15 January, 
And is a most consistent runner, 
He must get fitness from his mum, 
Who...

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Mo was run over by two vehicles, 
When he was four and in Tunisia, 
Which left him in a 6 month coma, 
And paralysed from waist down. 

He left hospital when he was six, 
And immediately upon discharge, 
He flew to London where his dad,
Had...

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Mel had to berate a bad car driver, 
Who, at traffic lights, nearly hit her,
She said “Life flashed” in rigid fear, 
When the car towards her did steer. 

She rubs shoulders with Crockroft, 
As a middle distance athlete not soft, 
Because she lies in the...

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Jo was born in Yorkshire, England, 
In 1979, but moved up to Glasgow,
And in 2011 saw a spinal tumor take,
So embraced fully the Spinal Games.

Thrown into wheelchair rugby brutal,
She became the Crushers vice-captain,
And began in 2014 a career as a F51,
Throwing the discus and club...

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Aled was born in Bridgend in South Wales, 
With hemimelia, or without a right fibula, 
And throws shot put and discus F42 tales, 
By training at Wales’s sports institute mega. 

An MBE, born on the 24th of May in 1991,
He represented Wales as a kid,...

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