'There are simple remedies in order to be inclusive': Paralympian says cycling still has work to do in order to improve on diversity and inclusion

Blaine Hunt says inclusion issues for Paralympians far greater than athletes being asked to wear tracksuits on a recent visit to Buckingham Palace to meet King Charles

Blaine Hunt
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Blaine Hunt, a Paralympic cyclist who competed at the recent Paris Games this summer, says that he feels sport still has plenty of work to do in order to improve on diversity and inclusion for Paralympians.

The topic made the headlines after Paralympic athletes were recently asked to wear their tracksuits to an event at Buckingham Palace in which they met King Charles, while Olympic athletes wore more formal clothing.

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.