“A woman born with no arms has won a role as an official masseuse for the British Paralympics team – she will be using her feet to give the world-class athletes a rub-down. Sue Kent – who was born with short limbs after her mother took morning sickness drug, Thalidomide, when she was pregnant – has been a trained massage therapist for three years. But she has always dreamed of being part of the Paralympics. The mother-of-two said: ‘It was a personal goal I’d had as I’d wanted to see if I could be involved in sport in some way at a high level.” w/ photos
