Becoming a world champion is extremely difficult, but defending that title - when expectations are high - is even tougher.
That is the challenge that awaits Jonathan Broom-Edwards at this year's World Para Athletics Championships in Paris. It's the first time the biennial meet has been held since 2019, with the Covid pandemic forcing the 2021 edition to be pushed back.
Broom-Edwards, who is also the Paralympic champion, won the T44 high jump event at the previous World Championships in Dubai and is hoping to defend his crown in Monday's final. The MBE competes in the T44 classification for athletes affected by a lower limb deficiency, leg length difference, impaired muscle power or impaired passive range of movement because he was born with talipes equinovarus - more commonly known as clubbed foot - in his left leg.
