Ade Adepitan

Ade Adepitan's Paralympians to watchFormer Great Britain Paralympian Ade Adepitan selects the British athletes to watch at the 2012 ParalympicsThomas Oakeyreporter, MSN Sport2012-08-13T11:57:51trueAde AdepitanThe London 2012 Paralympic Games commences on Wednesday 29 August, and will see more than 4,200 sportsmen and women, from 160 countries, converge on London to compete for 500 gold medals, in what promises to be a fantastic 12 days of sporting action.Speaking at BT London Live, former Great Britain Paralympian and wheelchair basketball bronze medallist Ade Adepitan gave MSN Sport his athletes to watch out for during the Games.topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Men's basketball teamOf the men's basketball team, Ade said: "I'm 75% certain that they will medal, and I think they will be disappointed if they only win a bronze this time. I think they will be looking to go for gold""This will be the most open tournament there has been when it comes to wheelchair basketball, especially in the men's tournament. I can see any one of five or six teams winning. Lots of games that are going to go down to the wire."topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Women's basketball Team"The women's basketball team is a good outside bet; they're the youngest wheelchair basketball team in the world, with an average age of 21, and they're a real talent. If they can harness the power of the home crowd then they will be a force to be reckoned with"topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Jonnie Peacock: Athletics, T44 100m"Jonnie Peacock has just broken the world record for the 100m. He's a single leg amputee and he runs 100m in 10.85 seconds. Picture that! He is just phenomenal, and he's only 19, so he's got so much left in the tank.""He's going to be going up against Oscar Pistorious, and I think that 100m final could be every bit as exciting as the Olympics 100m because you've got so many guys running on form."topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Richard Whitehead: Athletics, F42 100m and 200m"Richard is a double amputee, he used to run marathons, but there wasn't enough double amputees who ran marathons, so they took his events out of the Games. He was told that he could only do sprint. So, he went from marathon runner to sprinter, and then he broke the 200m world record. That's just incredible"topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Libby Clegg: Athletics, T12 100m and 200mAde has tipped 22-year-old athlete Libby Clegg for big things at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Clegg, from Stockport, suffers from a deteriorating eye condition known as Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy disease, and will compete in the T12 100m and 200m events. The Loughborough-based athlete has previously won gold in the T100m, at both the World and European Championships, as well as silver at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. She will be hoping to go one better in London however.topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2David Weir: 800m - Marathon"David Weir is doing everything from the 100m, all the way up to the marathon, and I think if he wins his first race, the 800m, you could see him go on for a clean sweep and get five golds. That will put him up there as one of the best Paralympians ever."topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Hannah Cockroft: Athletics, T34 100m and 200mAde also believes 20-year-old Hannah Cockcroft has huge potential in the T34 100m and 200m events, something that she will be hoping to fulfill in London.The sprint specialist is a double World Championship gold medalist and in May 2012 she became the first athlete to set a world record in London's Olympic Stadium, completing the T34 100m in a time of 18.56 seconds.topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Lee Pearson: Equestrian, Grade Ib"Don't forget Lee Pearson, in the equestrian; he's won nine gold medals, he's been unbeaten at the Paralympics and he's won three gold medals at every Paralympics. If he wins another three gold medals at this Paralympics, he will become Britain's most successful ever Paralympian, overtaking Dame Tannie Grey Thompson and go on to 12 Gold medals."MSN caught up with Ade Adepitan from BT House at BT London Live.topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2

Ade Adepitan's Paralympians to watchFormer Great Britain Paralympian Ade Adepitan selects the British athletes to watch at the 2012 ParalympicsThomas Oakeyreporter, MSN Sport2012-08-13T11:57:51trueAde AdepitanThe London 2012 Paralympic Games commences on Wednesday 29 August, and will see more than 4,200 sportsmen and women, from 160 countries, converge on London to compete for 500 gold medals, in what promises to be a fantastic 12 days of sporting action.Speaking at BT London Live, former Great Britain Paralympian and wheelchair basketball bronze medallist Ade Adepitan gave MSN Sport his athletes to watch out for during the Games.topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Men's basketball teamOf the men's basketball team, Ade said: "I'm 75% certain that they will medal, and I think they will be disappointed if they only win a bronze this time. I think they will be looking to go for gold""This will be the most open tournament there has been when it comes to wheelchair basketball, especially in the men's tournament. I can see any one of five or six teams winning. Lots of games that are going to go down to the wire."topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Women's basketball Team"The women's basketball team is a good outside bet; they're the youngest wheelchair basketball team in the world, with an average age of 21, and they're a real talent. If they can harness the power of the home crowd then they will be a force to be reckoned with"topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Jonnie Peacock: Athletics, T44 100m"Jonnie Peacock has just broken the world record for the 100m. He's a single leg amputee and he runs 100m in 10.85 seconds. Picture that! He is just phenomenal, and he's only 19, so he's got so much left in the tank.""He's going to be going up against Oscar Pistorious, and I think that 100m final could be every bit as exciting as the Olympics 100m because you've got so many guys running on form."topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Richard Whitehead: Athletics, F42 100m and 200m"Richard is a double amputee, he used to run marathons, but there wasn't enough double amputees who ran marathons, so they took his events out of the Games. He was told that he could only do sprint. So, he went from marathon runner to sprinter, and then he broke the 200m world record. That's just incredible"topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Libby Clegg: Athletics, T12 100m and 200mAde has tipped 22-year-old athlete Libby Clegg for big things at the 2012 Paralympic Games. Clegg, from Stockport, suffers from a deteriorating eye condition known as Stargardt's Macular Dystrophy disease, and will compete in the T12 100m and 200m events. The Loughborough-based athlete has previously won gold in the T100m, at both the World and European Championships, as well as silver at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. She will be hoping to go one better in London however.topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2David Weir: 800m - Marathon"David Weir is doing everything from the 100m, all the way up to the marathon, and I think if he wins his first race, the 800m, you could see him go on for a clean sweep and get five golds. That will put him up there as one of the best Paralympians ever."topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Hannah Cockroft: Athletics, T34 100m and 200mAde also believes 20-year-old Hannah Cockcroft has huge potential in the T34 100m and 200m events, something that she will be hoping to fulfill in London.The sprint specialist is a double World Championship gold medalist and in May 2012 she became the first athlete to set a world record in London's Olympic Stadium, completing the T34 100m in a time of 18.56 seconds.topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2Lee Pearson: Equestrian, Grade Ib"Don't forget Lee Pearson, in the equestrian; he's won nine gold medals, he's been unbeaten at the Paralympics and he's won three gold medals at every Paralympics. If he wins another three gold medals at this Paralympics, he will become Britain's most successful ever Paralympian, overtaking Dame Tannie Grey Thompson and go on to 12 Gold medals."MSN caught up with Ade Adepitan from BT House at BT London Live.topThis field has been disabled for Gallery V2