powering to the paralympics, for suzanna hext, the latest stop on a remarkable sporting journey. ented eventer, when in 2012 a horse reared up and fell on top of her, leaving her with life—changing injuries. i felt like my whole world had fallen apart. i shattered my pelvis, broke my back, had a head injury injury, spinal injuries, crushed my shoulder. the thing that kind of kept me going is the london 2012 paralympics was on tv when i was in hospital, so when my surgeon said, you'll never walk again, you'll never ride again, i was kind of a bit like, actually, i really can do this. and she did. hext returned to the saddle in para—dressage and became a triple european champion. but then in 2019 she was persuaded to try para—swimming, with extraordinary results. within months she'd won two medals at the world championships. when i'm in this pool or on a horse i feel free. it's like the challenges i have in daily life just fade away and it's just me and the horse or me and the water, and, like, weightless. that feeling is just phenomenal. the pandemic hasn't made preparations easy.

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