Newcastle's Lauren Parker believes completing her first ironman race as a paratriathlete at the 2021 World Championship in St George, Utah on Sunday AEST shows "anything is possible if you believe in yourself and never give up".
The inspirational 33-year-old, who was paralysed from the waist down in a freak training accident five years ago, finished the 3.8-kilometre swim, 180km cycle and 42.2km run in 14 hours and 47 seconds.
