5 Live Paralympics: Race, Gender and Sexuality

Andy Stevenson and Tanni Grey-Thompson round up the days action in Tokyo and hear from Sarah Storey who has become Great Britain's joint most successful Paralympian of all time by winning her 16th gold medal in the C5 time trial. Andy and Tanni then move on to talk about racial diversity and discrimination with Ade Adepitan who won bronze in wheelchair basketball at Athens 2004 and is now one of the faces of Channel 4’s Paralympics coverage. Rower Lauren Rowles then joins the podcast fresh from her 2nd Paralympic Gold medal to discuss the role of sexuality and gender in sport. Topics: 00:30 – Round up and Sarah Storey 02:00 - Ade Adepitan 15:00 - Lauren Rowles