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Rachel Morris (cyclist)

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and shoulder injuries. In addition to her physical injuries Morris' handcycle was damaged in the crash, meaning she had to use her competition bike for training and order a new one for use in the Paralympics. She recovered in time to compete in her first event at the Games on 5 September. In the
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crossed the line together whilst holding hands in order to tie for third place and share the bronze medal: however the photo finish revealed that Morris arrived at the line first, so she alone was awarded third.
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at the Games. However Morris was forced to give up the sport after undergoing two shoulder operations after the Games, after which she spent almost a year in hospital recovering.
370:. She finished sixth in the road race but won the gold medal in the time trial; her time of 20 minutes 57.09 seconds was nearly three minutes faster than her nearest competitor. 847: 1120: 351:, France; she won the time trial and road race events in the women's category B races. This made her the first ever British hand-cyclist to be crowned a double World Champion. 1160: 529: 1150: 1145: 1135: 1130: 1140: 1115: 1110: 1105: 389: 355: 626: 683: 471: 374: 306:(born 25 April 1979) is a British Paralympic sportswoman who has won Paralympic gold medals in both cycling and rowing. She took a gold medal at the 1170: 1175: 499: 455: 141: 116: 431: 252: 446:
After speaking with former rowing team-mate-turned-cross-country skier Scott Meenagh, Morris turned her attention to skiing, first trying a
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She subsequently took up rowing, in the ASW1x (arms and shoulders women's single sculls) event, came 5th at the
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in the HC A/B/C disability category for athletes who use a
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and cycles, in part, to manage the pain. She was born in
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she won gold in the women's single sculls as a rower.
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in November of that year. She made her debut at the
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Index

MBE
Great Britain
para cycling
Paralympic Games
2008 Beijing
Time trial HC A/HC B/HC C
2012 London
Road race H1–3
World Championships
para rowing
Paralympic Games
2016 Rio
Single sculls
World Championships
2015 Lac d'Aiguebelette
MBE
2008 Summer Paralympics
Rio
Complex regional pain syndrome
Guildford
World Para-cycling Championships
Bordeaux
Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
road race
time trial
handcycle
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
Baie-Comeau
Sandra Graf
Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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