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Cunningham: Summers-Newton has inspired a generation

Former Paralympic champion Clare Cunningham believes golden girl Maisie Summers-Newton has inspired the next generation of para-athletes at the Commonwealth Games. Summers-Newton claimed gold in the 100m breaststroke SB6 at Birmingham 2022, where the integrated para sports programme was the largest in the history of the Commonwealth Games, spanning across eight different sports. Ad Now Head of Athlete Services at the British Paralympic Association, Hillingdon-born Cunningham – who won five medals at Barcelona 1992 — believes the Games, and stars such as Summers-Newton, will have a seismic impact on the future uptake and wider interest in para sports.

SwimmingPeaty withdraws from European Championships to take extended break10/08/2022 AT 10:10 «This is a fantastic opportunity for para-athletes and those who are lucky enough to have events here, to be able to showcase their particular sports and their particular disabilities as well,» said Cunningham, speaking on The SportsAid Vault podcast. «We saw Maisie Summers-Newton win gold in the pool the other night. She talked in the interview beforehand about how she was inspired by Ellie Simmonds, who was interviewing her.

»Now Maisie is going to be inspiring future generations of women who may be short stature, that they can become swimmers as well, and hopefully see some success from that. «This is what is so special about having para sport included within the Commonwealth Games. »It does give that added opportunity and highlights to an audience which has not already seen Para sport.

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