New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

PARALYMPIC DREAM Sprinting her way to Tokyo

Born with cerebral palsy, severe hearing loss and brought back from the dead by doctors at just three days’ old, few could have predicted the success to come for Danielle Aitchison.

Despite enduring a traumatic start to life, the 19-year-old is now one of the world’s top paralympic sprinters, and she says it’s thanks to her selfless mum Tracy.

“I honestly would have no clue where I would be without

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