As if Welsh sport needed more good news after this, this, this and this, the International Paralympic Committee this week announced the 2014 Athletics European Championships would be coming to Wales.
Ahh… Been itching about this! Swansea win the bid for the IPC Europeans next year! A big comp on welsh soil! #buzzin
— Aled Davies MBE (@AledDavies2012) March 22, 2013
From the Olympic Stadium to Swansea University…
The championships will be held at Swansea University, which is quite a coup for them – especially if the national media embraces the six-day event with a London 2012-inspired zeal.
Among those who could be competing in Wales will be ParalympicsGB stars David Weir, Richard Whitehead and Welshman Aled Davies as well as the world’s fastest Paralympian, Jason Smyth from Ireland.
I believe Swansea, Wales is to host next years @paralympic European Champs. Bring it on! Should be a great championships.
— Jason Smyth (@smyth_jason) March 21, 2013
And because I’ll use any excuse to put a video of it here, let’s have another look at Richard Whitehead’s outrageous gold medal at London 2012:
An Early Bath 