Born and raised in the suburbs of Chester, Rik Waddon found a passion for sports, which in turn gifted him the escape from the stigma of having a disability that followed him around as a young child. Now over three decades on from a road traffic accident at just five years of age that saw him knocked off a bike, he revels in his achievements of being a World Champion and Double Paralympic Cycling medalist. Rik has no plans on retirement just yet as he has unfinished business at the Paralympic Games with sights set on Tokyo’s 2020 Games.
A Saving Grace unmasks the personal, sporting and the inspirational life behind the cycling world champion and Paralympic medallist.Written off as lacking concentration, a dreamer and too slow as a school kid, the young Rik at the age of just 14 became hooked on cycling after watching a stage of the...
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