Nine-year-old Govind Nambiar from Crayford hopes to fulfil his dream of cycling at the Paralympics after a charity gave him a bespoke cycle with which he could cycle despite being born with diplegic cerebral palsy – a condition where the lower limbs cannot be used.
He had a surgery at the age of five, which allowed him to walk, first with a frame and fell in love with cycling and horse riding, while watching the Paralympics in Rio last summer.
Govind said, “ it is brilliant. Its just like riding a real bike. Of course I'd like to get to the Paralympics, either cycling or horse riding, I don't mind which."
He has been riding with the Arrow riding centre for the disabled in Dartford. His mother Kavitha Nambiar, said “to be cycling is really his dream come true. He has always wanted to do sports like other children, he has never let his condition get in the way.
“He wants to be a doctor, but since Rio he has talked about competing in the Paralympics. Getting the bike has helped him take a step closer to that dream. We are so grateful.”
