SOURCE: www.canberratimes.com.au

April 14, 2016

Doctors shattered Talgat Ilyasov's Olympic Games dream 12 years ago when they told him he risked never being able to walk again if he competed in Athens like he was supposed to.

So when he picked up his boarding pass to Rio at the AIS earlier this week, it was no surprise that the 35-year-old tradie from Melbourne couldn't wipe the smile off his face.