Patrick Monahan is a two-time winner of the Dublin Marathon and hopeful of giving a good account of himself in a second Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer.
He joined us on Sport for Business this morning to talk about the life of a wheelchair athlete. Watch or listen back to the interview above and hear about:
How the Irish Wheelchair Association was instrumental in his finding his sport after a catastrophic injury in a car crash.
What it is like hitting speeds of up to 80 KMH in the chair
How his training around Mondello Park has kept up his condition in the absence of racing.
His hopes for the Tokyo Games
What the new partnership between the IWA and Chadwicks can mean
The importance of seeing others in wheelchairs when you are recovering from an accident and coming to terms with disability
How Mark Rohan came to be his coach.
and more…
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