Paralympian Richard Colman was back in his chair for the first time since Rio at Run Ballarat on Sunday.
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The gold and silver medallist lead the 12-kilometre run with fellow para-athletes Sam Rizzo and Campbell Message.
“This is my first time back in my chair since Rio so I put it together, I pumped the tyres up today and went ‘hope it works’.
“We went pretty hard so it’s a good test to see where we are, the chair works and we didn’t crash.”
Message was first over the line followed by Colman and Rizzo, a Ballarat junior who led “most of the way”, Colman said.
“It’s important that we do this and show that can we can do this and this course suits us really well - it’s flat, fast and part of our training run.”
CAPTION: Taking the lead: Paralympian Richard Colman (front), para-athlete Campbell Messenger (left) and Sam Rizzo (right) start the 12-kilometre race. Picture: Kate Healy.
