Commonwealth Games: Wheelchair racing legend Kurt Fearnley gives his all one more time, going out with the gold
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-15/l ... tion=sportDetermination. Strength. Resilience. A bit of Aussie larrikin. A lot of inner steel.
These are the things that define Kurt Fearnley, not the racing wheelchair that seems an extension of his body, nor the non-functioning section of his lower spine and sacrum he was born with in the central western NSW town of Cowra 37 years ago.
He showed all these qualities in his final representative race for Australia on the last morning of the Commonwealth Games, producing a fairytale finish to win in front of a home crowd — including his wife Sheridan and their two children — in the T54 marathon.
An emotional Fearnley described the feeling of victory as "bloody awesome, mate." Just back there, when you see the emotion on your family's face, just sharing that with people, it's full-on," he said. "The thought that you can be a part of people feeling so much joy … it's just, it's just overwhelming."
