I was reminded of this thread.
The article is gone but this is one of the photos.
The article was actually from three years before the London Olympics.
The little girl is Ellie Challis who at the time was the youngest person in the world to receive running blades. She lost both her feet and hands to meningitis.
I got curious about what she did in the years after.
Turns out she’s been a busy young lady.
Silver in the 50m backstroke 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
3 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze in the World Championships 2019, 2022, 2023 and she’s on the team for the 2024 Paralympics.
Tokyo Paralympians Ellie Challis, Louise Fiddes, Grace Harvey, Suzanna Hext, Louis Lawlor and Toni Shaw complete the roster of athletes with prior Games experience – with Challis, Fiddes, Harvey and Shaw all having reached the podium three years ago at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Games, which yielded a phenomenal 26 medals for ParalympicsGB in the pool.