As we prepare for Tokyo’s Paralympics, the athlete puts some youngsters through their paces. Plus: trouble in the tapir enclosure at the zoo … Here’s what to watch tonight
Ahead of the start of the delayed 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, champion Paralympic sprinter Jonnie Peacock leads this two-part documentary series, beginning a year-long training camp to help five young amputees become sprinters. In this first part, Jonnie meets the five hopefuls and gets them started running a race with their prosthetic blades. A visit to the motion capture lab at Roehampton University then helps the kids work on their potential muscle weaknesses and imbalances.
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