An accidental champion
If you have a disability, sport can change your world like it changed mine
Jason Smyth: ‘Some athletes don’t get the luxury of deciding when their time is up.’ Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile
Jason Smyth
Strange as it may seem, I came to running purely by chance. One of my teachers in Limavady, Liz McGuire, encouraged me to join a local club after an athletics assessment.
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