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Lynette "Lyn" Lepore, (born 9 October 1961) is a visually impaired Paralympic tandem cyclist from

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. She competed at the 1996 Atlanta Games but did not win any medals at those games. At the 2000 Sydney Games, she won a gold medal in the Women's Tandem open event, for which she received a

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, a silver medal in the Women's 1 km Time Trial Tandem open event and a bronze medal in the Women's Individual Pursuit Open event, with her pilot Lynette Nixon. In 2000, she received an

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. Lepore appealed against

Kieran Modra Kieran John Modra (27 March 1972 – 13 November 2019) was an Australian Paralympic swimmer and tandem cyclist. He won five gold and five bronze medals at eight Paralympic Games from 1988 to 2016, along with two silver medals at the 2014 Gla ...

's placement in the Australian Paralympic cycling team at the

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, in a case that was successful at the

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. Leading up to the games, Modra was piloted by David Short and Robert Crowe for sprint and endurance events, respectively. The appeal was on the grounds that Lepore deserved her place in the team because when each of Modra's pilot–rider combinations was counted separately, she had a higher rank than Modra. The day before the opening ceremony, the

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successfully appealed to the

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to give Modra an extra place in the team. Lepore did not win any medals at the 2004 games.

References

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