Just hours after leading Australia into the Paralympic opening ceremony, Madison de Rozario was delivered some heartbreaking news.
Australian Paralympic great Madison de Rozario won a silver medal in the women’s wheelchair marathon on the final day of competition before revealing her father passed away hours before she led her country out at the opening ceremony in Paris.
Moments after the race, de Rozario told reporters she considered flying home from Paris after finding out about the death of her father Roy on the morning of the first day of competition on August 29. “The reality is I’m not going to be in Australia with my family, it turns out I’d rather be in a Paralympic village with 160 of my best friends.
“You do plan for catastrophic things like that. I think I’m like a lot of young women, where we have complicated relationships with our dad, but I think the person that I am ... I do credit a lot to him.“Growing up, he was incredibly influential and I think as you grow up you start to realise what parts of yourself are your parents.”“She was too strong,” said de Rozario of Debrunner, who won a remarkable five gold medals at these Games. “It was certainly her race today.
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