WASHINGTON — Australian Paralympic cyclist Paige Greco, a Paralympic gold medalist and one of the country’s top para-sport athletes, has died at age 28.

Greco died Sunday after experiencing a “sudden medical episode” at her home in Adelaide, according to a joint statement from the Australian Paralympic Committee and the Australian Cycling Federation

“Paige meant everything to us,” her mother, Natalie Greco, said in the statement. “Her kindness, her determination and her warmth touched our family every single day. She brought so much joy and pride into our lives, and the pain of her passing is something we will carry forever.”

Greco, who was born with cerebral palsy, won Australia’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021, breaking her own world record in the women’s C1-3 3,

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