Issue No 75 | 27 October 2000 | |
NewsHeath Our Hero Wins Two GoldBy Mary Yaager
Heath Francis, the 19-year-old from Booral who is the patron of the Labor Council's YouthSafe Committee, blitzed the field and won his place in the history books last weekend.
On Sunday 22nd October, Heath competed in the T46 class 400m sprint for arm amputees and won his first gold medal in a time of 50.16 seconds. The crowds, clearly delighted, cheered and his family waved their "Go Heath" banners high as Heath took a lap of honour around the track, in this his first paralympic games. On Tuesday 24th the Australian 4x400m T46 relay team, of which our hero is a member, charged to victory knocking 14.5 seconds off the current world record. Heath took the final leg and finished the relay for the team with a total time of 3.32.44 minutes, collecting his second gold medal. Heath has another two races to run in these the 11th Paralympic Games - 4 x 400m relay tonight after 5pm and 4x100m relay on Saturday 28th. Go for it Heath!
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