Paralympic Games 2012
The Mayor of London has hailed the 300-strong London 2012 ParalympicsGB team as Britain’s ‘best ever’. We look at some of the West County's medal hopefuls.
Bath's Liz Johnson adds bronze to gold and silver
Liz Johnson is celebrating winning bronze in the SB6 100m breaststroke final at the Paralympic Games.
The University of Bath-based swimmer, who has cerebral palsy, finished third behind Ukraine’s Viktoriia Savtsova, who set a Paralympic record, and Britain’s Charlotte Henshaw who took silver.
The swimmer’s bronze means she now has a full set of medals, after winning silver in Athens eight years ago and gold in Beijing in 2008.
“I’ve never had a bronze medal, so now I’ve got the full set at the Paralympics,” she said. “I’m definitely glad I got a medal in front of the home crowd.”
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New Bath school goes on a trip of a lifetime
A new school is heading to the Paralympics today. The Bath Community Academy is making the trip days after it welcomed its first pupils
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Day of medals for West Paralympians
West Paralympians Ben Rushgrove, Paul Blake and Stephanie Millward all won medals at the London 2012 Games yesterday.
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Johnson celebrates her bronze medal success
University of Bath swimmer Liz Johnson is celebrating winning a bronze medal at the Paralympic Games.