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Picture show Helena Lucas and Penny Briscoe, Chef de Mission ParalympicsGB.
The British Paralympic Association (BPA) has today (Wednesday April 29) announced that London 2012 gold medallist Helena Lucas is the first athlete selected to represent ParalympicsGB at Rio 2016 - a selection which sees her become the first official member of either ParalympicsGB or Team GB for Rio.
Lucas, who turns 40 today, is used to making history, as the first GB sailor to win a Paralympic medal since the sport became a full part of the Paralympic programme in 2000 when she won gold in the 2.4mR class on home water at London 2012.
She did so as the only female sailor amid an otherwise all-male 2.4mR fleet, and in just under 500 daysÕ time, Lucas will sail for ParalympicsGB once again, in Rio.
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