Kate O'Brien's story is extraordinary. The 33-year-old Canadian started her sporting career as a bobsledder in 2013 before switching to cycling and competing on the track in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2016 Olympic Games in Rio. One year after Rio, however, and O'Brien was fighting for her life after a freak acc꧃ident left her close to death.

In th𓃲e summer of 2017, O'Brien's tyre exploded as she was riding behind a derny on the track, catapulting her into the air and resulting in a crash that left her with cracked ribs, a broken collarbone, a punct🔯ured lung, and a serious head injury.

Doctors predicted that O'Brien would never be able to walk or speak properl💖y again, let alone ride a bike or eveꦺn compete, however she defied all odds and managed to return to the sport, eventually competing in para-cycling events.

In J🦋anuary 2020 at the UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships, O'Brien won two golds and set two world records including a time of 35.223 seconds in the women's C4 500m time trial.

Ahead of competing at the Paralympic Games, O'Brien wrote on her Instagram page: "I never imagined that I would get to compete in the Paralympic Games. I wouldn't have believed anyone if they told me that I would. I don't do well with change. But, afte🦹r 33 years on this planet, I am realizing that change is inevitable, and oftentimes, amazing."

Now, O'Brien has ﷽gone on to win a silver medal in the C4-5 time trial at the Tokyo Paralympic Games behind Great Britain's Kadeena Cox who set a Paralympic and world record during the event.

"It feels good. When I really think about the fact that I wasn't necessarily supposed to walk or ski or ride, it sort of blows my mind that I'm back on the track and doing the sport that I love," said O'Brien on her win. 𒊎ꦕ;