Durham University rowing cox selected for the Paralympics

Durham University student and rowing cox Lily van den Broecke has been selected to represent Team GB at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Lily's selection comes only a couple of weeks after winning Gold at the Munich World Cup with her crew. Lily, who is 20 years old and a first year student at Durham University, started rowing at secondary school. After four years of sculling, she tried out as a cox and found it suited her. Lily said: "I'm beyond excited to be part of the Paralympic Games. Not only is it an honour to be coxing some top athletes but the experience will be made even more special when shared with our home nation. In the Paralympic Squad, Lily is a cox for the LTAMix4+, which stands for Legs, Trunk and Arms mixed coxed four, and means that the rowers use at least one leg, their trunk and arms, with four rowers and one cox in the boat.
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