LAUNCESTON is set to become a local centre for disabled powerlifting after a town gym became the first in Cornwall to house a specially adapted bench.

Gold medal winning Paralympian Anthony Peddle donated his disabled bench to town resident Jade Farrington after he retired from powerlifting, and Crunch Gym on the Scarne Industrial Estate offered to host the facility to give as many people as possible the opportunity to try the sport.

Jade, who holds six able-bodied powerlifting records, had her left femur replaced with a metal prosthesis aged nine following bone cancer, and has competed and trained with the British Weightlifting Association for the Disabled.

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