Tri-Service

When The World Got Behind Jordan: Invictus 2016

Ulfat is a chemist in the Jordanian army. Injured in a car crash in 2011, she was left with incomplete paralysis of all four limbs.
 
Until yesterday she'd never even sat in a racing wheelchair. 
 
Now she's given herself just 48 hours to learn how to use one – before taking her place on the start line, alongside some of the best military para-athletes in the world. 
 
 

Related topics

Join Our Newsletter

WatchUsOn

Is this Scottish base a Russian nuclear target?

British Army's smartest NCOs drill skills battle

Is the British military the bad guys on TV?📺