The Shadow Welsh Secretary and Pontypridd MP offered his congratulations on the great achievements of the Welsh Paralympians in this year’s games.
London 2012 has seen the UK excel across the Olympics, with Britain achieving its highest tally of gold medals since 1908.
With another week still to go, the Paralympics have also brought huge success, with Bridgend athlete Aled Davies winning Gold in discus on Sunday. The 21 year old amputee is the second Welsh Paralympian to win Gold, after Mark Colbourne from Tredegar won the 3km individual pursuit on Friday.
Pontypridd’s Sara Head stormed in the Table Tennis championships, but lost out in the women’s class three Bronze medal match on Monday. In her interview after the match, Sara said coming fourth was “better than I ever dreamed of”. Sara received a barrage of positive tweets from fans across Wales and the UK offering their support.
Commenting on the games, Owen Smith said:
“It has been fantastic to see such excellent achievements from our Paralympic players in Wales. I met Sara Head prior to the games to wish her luck and congratulate her on getting selected in the Paralympics. She’s done extremely well coming fourth in the world, Pontypridd has really got behind her and we’re all extremely proud of her efforts and achievements.”
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