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	Podcast:		Sportshour
	Episode:		Brittani Coury: The US paralympic snowboarder helping the fight against Covid-19
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:49:32
	Publish Date:		2020-04-11 05:26:00
	Description:		US Paralympic snowboarder Brittani Coury told us she is choosing "faith over fear" after swapping ski slopes for hospital wards. Coury has returned to nursing to help fight the COVID 19 coronavirus pandemic. The silver medallist from the 2018 Paralympics told us she isn't afraid for her safety and says her "heart breaks" for her patients. How long does it take an athlete to lose their competitive edge? That is a question we explore with the help of an Olympic Swimming Champion, a World Champion Boxer, a Netball player and a competitor from the World's Strongest Man as they all try to maintain their sharpness during the coronavirus lockdown. Sharon van Rouwendaal told us for every week she's out of the water it takes her two weeks to regain the fitness she has lost. She also explains how she's training with the use of a children's paddling pool and a bungee rope. We don't like Cricket - we love it. In the week that the English County Championship was due to start we speak to people in the game about the impact no cricket is having on the fans and players of the sport. This week's Sporting Witness tells the story of sports enthusiast Van Phillips and how when he lost his foot in a water-skiing accident, he decided to design a prosthetic leg that would allow him to keep running. He used carbon graphite which was light, flexible and strong. His invention revolutionised para-sports. And we pay tribute to Radomir Antic after the former Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona manager died at the age of 71 this week. (Photo: Brittani Couri wearing her scrubs carrying her silver medal. Credit: Lisa Jo Keith/Blaze Branding)
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