'I CAN'T WAIT TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST GIRLS IN THE WORLD'

WHEN AN ACCIDENT LEFT MELANIE WOODS PARALYSED, SHE NEVER IMAGINED WHAT IT WOULD LEAD TO

Melanie has come a long way in just a few years

Just 23 years old and loving her new career as a PE teacher, Melanie Woods thought she knew what her future looked like. And it certainly didn’t include competing at the Tokyo Paralympics in a wheelchair.

But life can change in a second, as she discovered when a passing car knocked her off her bike in January 2018.

Melanie realised at once that her injuries were serious. “The paramedic kept asking me to wiggle my toes. When I couldn’t, I knew what that meant.”