200m Paralympic Champion Richard Whitehead from Nottinghamshire has become the patron of a bone cancer research charity.
Richard agreed to help Sarcoma UK after one of his best friends died from the disease.
The finishing touches are being put on a postbox in the village of Lowdham near Nottingham, celebrating Richard Whitehead's success at the Paralympic Games yesterday. Richard won the gold medal in yesterday's (1 September) Track Men's 200 metre final.
A post box is to be painted gold in Lowdham, near Nottingham in celebration of Paralympic gold medallist Richard Whitehead's success.
Richard won the gold medal in the Track Men's 200 metre final.
The post box will be painted tomorrow at 10.00am by the Royal Mail, which is also issuing first class stamps featuring Richard's image. The stamps will be on sale in 500 Post Offices across the UK
Royal Mail has announced it has produced a stamp honouring Nottingham's Richard Whitehead's gold medal triumph in today's (1 September) 200m T42 final.
It is the first time a host country has issued a set of stamps to celebrate Paralympic gold medallists.
Royal Mail will also paint one of its red post boxes gold in Richard's home town.
Fantastic! Notts Paralympian @marathonchamp has just got gold. #ParalympicGB. Well done
From @NottsCC on Twitter:
Nottingham's Richard Whitehead has won Britain's second gold medal of the day in the men's 200m T42 final. He finished in a new world record time of 24:38 seconds.
Nottingham's Richard Whitehead has won Britain's second gold medal of the day in the men's 200m T42 final in front of a capacity crowd at London's Olympic Stadium.
He finished in a new world record time of 24:38 seconds.