Tyne Tees Paralympics

Faye Rogers, from Stockton, had taken part in Olympic trials in 2021 but suffered life-changing injuries in a car crash later that year.

One of ParalympicGB’s most decorated Para athletes, the sportsman's career spans 40 years during which he has competed in six games and won three gold medals.

Ben Hetherington, from Sedgefield, was involved in the collision with a car which injured his body and brain and resulted him in being put into an induced coma.