
Two Bradford athletes who are students on Bradford’s Project Search have achieved a triple medal success at the Special Olympics.
Neil Hartley, 19, from Eccleshill and Aidan Knights, 20, from Keighley, are celebrating after winning a silver and two bronze medals at the UK’s largest multi-sports event for athletes with intellectual disabilities.
They are both part of the Project Search scheme, based at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, to help Bradford students with learning disabilities find employment through work experience placements and classroom teaching.
Neil won a bronze medal as part of the Yorkshire and Humberside basketball team, and already has his sights set on the next Special Olympics.
Aidan, who first got into athletics when he was only nine, was overwhelmed to win silver in the 100m and bronze in the relay – especially as it was his third Olympic medal, having won gold in the 100m four years ago.