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Radio 5 Live,2 mins

Robbie McNamara on paralysis: 'Don't pity me I'm happy'

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Former jockey Robbie McNamara says people taking pity on him for being in a wheelchair drives him "crazy". The 28-year-old was paralysed below the waist in April 2015 following a fall at race at Wexford, but says his paralysis 'does not bother me at all.' "I get up in the morning and just go to work. There's not a cloud hanging over me. What does bother me is when I go racing and people say 'oh, it's great to see you out' or stuff like that. That annoys me," he added. McNamara is now carving out a career as a trainer and his first runners, at Cork in July, provided him two wins and a second place. This clip is taken from 5 live Sport on 8 December 2016.

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