Published: August 24, 2021
An accident on his farm as a child left the Australian in a wheelchair and on a path towards the 2020 Games in Tokyo
In early July, a month and a half before the Paralympics, Jannik Blair was having wheelchair problems. A seasoned member of the Rollers, the Australian men’s wheelchair basketball team, Blair had too many chairs. “It’s hard enough to travel with one chair, let alone two, let alone three,” he says.
Blair is one of three Rollers trialling a new customised carbon fibre wheelchair seat. His logistical headaches came about as he relocated back to Australia from Spain, where Blair plays professionally, ahead of the Games.
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