- Former champion had to ‘crawl off’ train in London
- ‘Clearly, it’s an absolute disgrace,’ says Penny Briscoe
The chef de mission of ParalympicsGB has said it is a “disgrace” that Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson was forced to drag herself off a train in London’s Kings Cross because there was no help for wheelchair users, and warned it is “the lived experience of disabled people on a daily basis”.
Speaking in Paris ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games on Wednesday night, Penny Briscoe said the British team were “raring to go”. But she argued the traumatic experience endured by Grey-Thompson, winner of 11 Paralympic gold medals who was on her way to the Games, showed the necessity of ParalympicsGB using its platform to push for social change.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/28/paralympicsgb-chief-says-tanni-grey-thompsons-train-ordeal-a-disgrace
Author : Paul MacInnes in Paris
Publish date : 2024-08-28 13:00:04
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