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Tanni Grey-Thompson broke 30 world records, holds 16 Paralympic medals, and has won the London marathon six times. Not bad for a girl who started training in a multi-storey carpark, with a coach who hadn’t worked with a wheelchair user before. But after disappointing results in Atlanta ‘96, Tanni faces calls to retire. However, she silences her critics four years later with another gold medal sweep.
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Tanni Grey-Thompson broke 30 world records, holds 16 Paralympic medals, and has won the London marathon six times. Not bad for a girl who started training in a multi-storey carpark, with a coach who hadn’t worked with a wheelchair user before. But after disappointing results in Atlanta ‘96, Tanni faces calls to retire. However, she silences her critics four years later with another gold medal sweep.
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