Jodie Grinham of Great Britain holds her pregnancy bump after winning her women’s individual compound open bronze medal match against Phoebe Paterson Pine of Great Britain on Day 3 of the Paralympic Games at Esplanade des Invalides in Paris.
British archer Jodie Grinham, who is seven months pregnant has launched herself into the record books. She is the first pregnant Paralympian on the podium after beating her compatriot, Phoebe Paterson Pine in the Para archery women’s individual compound open bronze final.
“I’m so proud of her because she defied all odds just to be here, especially with Bubba on the way,” said Paterson Pine. “She is due in October, I think it is. I’m so proud and impressed of how well she’s done.”
The record maker, herself was pround of her accomplishment. “The baby’s kicking which is great – we got to the third end and I was like, ‘Not right now, mommy loves you but we’ll do kickies in a minute,” she said afterwards to paralympic.org.
“The baby hasn’t stopped, it’s like the baby is going, ‘What’s going on, it’s really loud, mommy, what are you doing?’ But it’s been like a little honuor knowing that the baby’s there and just a reminder of the little support bubble that I’ve got in my tummy,” she added.
