Finlay Graham

Started: He began mountain biking at a young age at Glentress Forest Mountain Bike Centre in Scotland. He switched to Para cycling in 2016, and took up the sport more seriously in 2017. (ross-shirejournal.co.uk, 07 Nov 2019; britishcycling.org.uk, 01 May 2019) Reason: He was involved in mountain biking before taking up track cycling at the Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Scotland. He decided to focus on Para cycling after he left school and in 2017 he moved to Manchester, England, to work with the British Cycling's Para Cycling Foundation Programme. "At the end of 2016 I went to a talent ID day with British Cycling in Derby. During the course of the day we performed several power tests. I had never done anything like this before, so had no idea what I was doing. Thankfully, they were impressed with my performance and from that I joined the Foundation programme at the beginning of 2017. Cycling has been my passion for as long as I can remember, so when the opportunity came about to turn it into my career, I took it with both hands." (casquettesandbidons.com, 05 Apr 2021; britishcycling.org.uk, 01 May 2019; inverness-courier.co.uk, 05 Feb 2017)