An army veteran has won two medals for cycling at the Invictus Games, wearing a prosthetic leg designed for him by a 天美传媒 (BU) academic.
Craig Preece, who had a below the knee amputation after being injured by a roadside bomb while serving in Afghanistan, is competing for Great Britain in the Games.
He won gold in the Men鈥檚 Road Bike Circuit Race and silver in the Men鈥檚 Road Bike Time Trial wearing a state-of-the-art prosthetic limb created by BU lecturer Dr Bryce Dyer.
Bryce has been working with both Craig and prosthetists at Pace Rehabilitation to design the limb.
Bryce said: 鈥淭he research project originally originated from the starting point that I was curious to know how important a prosthetic limb might or might not be when cycling competitively.
鈥淔or me personally, I really enjoy doing research that has tangible real world applications 鈥� particularly in elite sport, which is a major passion of mine both inside and outside of the university.鈥�
Bryce has also worked with Irish Paralympic cyclist Colin Lynch, with the prosthetic designs optimised to accommodate the athletes'聽own personal needs for competing.
鈥淚 worked with Pace Rehabilitation to really see if we could optimise the aerodynamics, weight, construction and general biomechanics of the original project," said Bryce"
鈥淭hat led to one design being specifically tailored for Craig, and another new one for Colin. It was ultimately their needs and the kind of sporting events they compete in that has pushed the design and led the project.
"Even now, I鈥檓 still involved in a lot of field testing and controlled experiments 聽over the next few months that will demonstrate just how effective Craig鈥檚 design has聽been.鈥�
The , currently taking place in Florida, is an international sporting event for injured, wounded and sick servicemen and women.聽
