00:00 A force to be reckoned with.
00:06 And with two Paralympic Games behind her, Susan Seipel is training harder than ever.
00:12 We race paracanoe over 200 metres and it's like a flat out sprint.
00:17 On the water six days a week, she's got just one colour in her sights.
00:22 Since I've got a bronze and a silver, I've just got one more medal to kind of achieve.
00:28 Also going for gold, Dylan Littlehouse has been paddling since he was 15.
00:33 He's won back-to-back world championships.
00:36 The 24-year-old says he's living his dream.
00:40 It was always my dream to travel the world through sport.
00:41 I started off swimming growing up and then through kayaking it's given me something to
00:46 do, something to a higher purpose you'd say, to strive towards, to be able to become a
00:51 world champion, be the best in the world at something.
00:53 Being a para-athlete isn't easy.
00:56 Adapting equipment is expensive and there are additional challenges involved in travelling
01:01 to competitions.
01:03 Despite spending hours building their physical power, they say being prepared mentally and
01:09 having a strong support system is vital for success.
01:13 Yeah, look there's a lot of variance because people obviously have impairments and you
01:18 need to take it into account, especially when you design a program and you calculate the
01:23 load that you can put on someone's body.
01:25 They say the program sets them up to be the best they can be.
01:29 Yeah, it's definitely worth the hours and the training that we go through.
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