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Back in the saddle: Philippa Johnson-Dwyer, riding Benedict, in the equestrian freestyle at the Paralympics in 2008, where she won gold. She will be riding another new horse, Lord Louis, in Tokyo. (Mike Clarke/AFP)
2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS

Fighting to get back in the saddle

Paralysed at 23, Philippa Johnson-Dwyer has defied the odds to seek Paralympian glory

  • Jermaine Craig
8 min read