Leeds's own Kadeena in right gear ahead of The Jump

LEEDS paralympic champion Kadeena Cox joined fellow contestants revealing colourful costumes ahead of the start of Channel 4 winter sports programme The Jump.
Kadeena Cox MBE.Kadeena Cox MBE.
Kadeena Cox MBE.

The 25-year-old 25, will join former Leeds United star Robbie Fowler, Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones and Rio silver medal-winning gymnast Louis Smith on the show which begins on Sunday, February 5.

Kadeena - who won cycling and athletics gold at last summer’s Rio Paralympics - has had her UK Sport funding suspended while she takes part in six-week long show.

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British Athletics made the decision with the support of British Cycling. Kadeena, who has multiple sclerosis after a stroke in May 2014, later tweeted that her condition is a “ticking time bomb” which prompted her decision to go and “enjoy skiing”.