by Tammi | Oct 1, 2024 | Latest Writing, On Tour Paralympics 24
The Paralympic logo is painted on her left ring fingernail, and on her left wrist is a black band with an inscription in capital letters: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”. On her right ring fingernail the South African flag is painted. She...
by Tammi | Oct 1, 2024 | Latest Writing, On Tour Paralympics 24
The makeshift workshop and interview room is actually a space at the end of a corridor in the Paralympic village. Rohan Kennedy is assembling Kirsty Weir’s competition bike and this is a good time to have a chat with the para-triathlete. I ask her to wait a minute so...
by Tammi | Oct 1, 2024 | Latest Writing, On Tour Paralympics 24
Alani Ferreira had her fingernails painted yellow before arriving at her third Paralympics. “It’s my favourite colour,” she says, as she taps her smartphone. Her screensaver pops up and she turns it to show me. “He’s the love of my life.” And it’s understandable why....
by Tammi | Oct 1, 2024 | Latest Writing, On Tour Paralympics 24
More than an hour after having the Paralympic gold medal placed around her neck, Simone Kruger was still doing interviews and posing for selfies. Standing on the concourse of the Stade de France stadium, she had already postponed a scheduled MRI scan and by her own...
