health and fitness: Paralympic athletes 'may have put disabled people off exercise'

dimanche 3 avril 2016

Paralympic athletes 'may have put disabled people off exercise'

‘Superhuman’ athletes at 2012 London Paralympics discouraged disabled people from ‘having a go’, Alastair Hignell says

The 2012 London Paralympics may have put off some people with a disability taking up exercise, a former sports star who has multiple sclerosis has suggested.

Alastair Hignell, who played rugby union for England and cricket for Gloucestershire before becoming a broadcaster, said its athletes were so “superhuman” that many with a disability would not think of having a go.