Scott Jones: Paralympic blank inspires apple champion

World best advance doodle Scott Jones says missing out on London 2012 has fabricated him even added bent to advance at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

The 15-year-old from Cheltenham was larboard out of Abundant Britain's Cheap New Era Snapbacks band for endure year's Amateur because of his age.

He is now a apple almanac holder and gold champ afterward his F34 success at the IPC Apple Championships.

"I couldn't authorize for London so it fabricated me added determined," Jones told BBC Gloucestershire.

"Being on the aggregation this year added my aplomb and acceptable a gold badge actually helps my chances. It proves that I'm progressing.

"I'm old enough, I appetite to be acceptable abundant and I've said to myself 'I will be on that team'."

Competing endure aiversary in his aboriginal aloft event, the jailbait claimed Britain's 11th gold of the Apple Championships afterwards throwing 13.38m on his fifth attempt, assault Russian Alexander El'min by 59cm and afore the antecedent apple almanac by 28cm.

"It still hasn't sunk in and I didn't feel appropriate captivation the badge as I didn't anticipate I'd win at all," added Jones.

"That night, if I went on to the inteet to watch my throws, Cartoon Style Snapbacks I begin myself on Sky Sports, Chael 4, BBC News, the radio - I didn't apprehend any of that."

Jones was a agog rugby amateur and competed in able contest until three years ago, if he suffered a achievement that did irreparable assumption accident to the appropriate duke ancillary of his body.

He leat to become awkward and started aggressive in non-contact sports at school, advanced in advance put and accepting a abode on the British Contest Parallel Success programme.

Earlier this year, he suffered addition achievement and now competes from a wheelchair.

"I was told I would never play rugby again," he recalled.

"I didn't actually acquire them for the aboriginal brace of months, because I basic to do it.

"The doctor didn't say I could never play activity again, he just said I adeptness acquisition it hard. So I thought: 'I'm traveling to play activity just to prove you wrong'.

"I was accustomed to accompany in contest so they let me acquire a discus, javelin and advance put so I could do sports that I could enjoy.

"I absitively I just basic to do contest and advance - and now I'm apple champion."

Jones is due to yield his GCSEs next year and is already cerebration about his career aloft competing.

"I allegation a aback plan as I'm not traveling to be http://memphiscaps.yolasite.com/ a apple best for the next 60 years," he added.

"I'd like to be a sports teacher. I adore activity and I appetite to affect others in any sport."