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'I won Paralympic gold - but people wanted to know just one thing' - Team GB's Hannah Cockcroft


Team GB Paralympian Hannah Cockcroft won two gold medals at the 2012 Paralympics, but her achievements were overshadowed by negativity from social media trolls

Equal Play, which lands on Channel 4 on 26 August, will see Hannah investigate how school students with disabilities can find themselves isolated and excluded due to the lack of opportunities to take part in sports and physical education. She suffered two cardiac arrests after birth, which left her with permanent damage in some areas of her brain, resulting in weak hips, deformed feet and legs and mobility problems and affecting the fine motor skills in her hands. Despite her immense success at London 2012 - which marked her Paralympics debut - Hannah has previously revealed the special moment was overshadowed by cruel comments.

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