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Local Radio,30 May 2024,3 mins

Para-swimmer Suzanna Hext: My hearing dog hero

Paris: Grassroots to Glory

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Cornish Para swimmer Suzanna Hext, who trains at Bath Uni, talks about how her hearing dog Kimmy has changed her life. Hext is the first athlete who trains at the University of Bath to be selected for the Paris Paralympics. She is deaf and has to wear cochlear implants and was also paralysed in 2012 after a horse riding accident. The 麻豆社's Damian Derrick went to speak to her. If you鈥檙e inspired to explore inclusive Paralympic sports, check out Super Movers for Every Body on 麻豆社 Teach.

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