Pilot to visually impaired para-cyclist Lora Fachie, Corrinne Hall takes on her third Paralympic Games this summer in Paris, hoping to defend the track title the duo has won at the last two games, and also compete for medals on the road.

Hall began cycling in 2005 and earned a place on the British Cycling Talent Team after undergoing testing at a local exhibition. She was on the talent team for three years and had graduated onto the Olympic Development Programme before deciding to pursue her education.

However, during her final year at university, she was approached by the Great Britain Cycling Team para-cycling head coach Chris Furber to try out as a tandem pilot. She joined the Great Britain Cycling Team in early 2013 and was immediately paired with Fachie – a selection that has proved inspired.

The partnership could not have got off to a better start when, at their first major international event, the 2013 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Canada, they won gold in the time-trial and silver in the road race.

They enjoyed an even better year in 2014, dominating women’s tandem racing. They added another world title to their collection, this time in the road race also picking up a bronze in the time-trial. They also won double gold at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cups in Spain and Italy.

While they continued to pick up medals at World Cup level in 2015, winning three golds, they struggled at the World Championships in Switzerland, finishing outside of the medal positions in the time-trial and road race.

Despite the relative disappointment of their 2015 season, Fachie and Hall made a promising start to 2016, winning bronze at the world championships in Montichiari, Italy in the individual pursuit – the first time medalled for the pair on the track. There was road success too: two silver medals at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup in Belgium in the time-trial and the road race, signaling their return to form.

They carried their confidence and form into the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where they won gold, breaking the world record in the tandem pursuit on the track, and picking up a bronze medal in the time-trial on the road.  

More silver medals followed on the track and road in 2017, including two at the road world championships the following year, but it was the 2018 track world championships in Rio where the duo made a breakthrough, winning their first world title on the track, in the individual pursuit. The following year, they returned to winning ways on the road too at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Emmen, Netherlands, where they won gold in the time-trial.

Following the covid-interrupted 2020 season, the duo returned to action, ready to take on the Paralympics in Tokyo, where they successfully defending their individual pursuit title, along with claiming silver in the time-trial on the road.

While her regular partner Fachie took time out to give birth to her son, Hall paired up with Lizzi Jordan for the 2022 UCI Para-Track World Championships in Paris, where the pair took a silver medal in the women’s tandem pursuit. The pair continued to ride together in 2023, picking up some strong results on the road at the para-road world cups in Ostend, Belgium, and Maniago, Italy.

However, Fachie and Hall were reunited the following summer for the mixed discipline world championships in Scotland, where they silver on the track in Glasgow in the individual pursuit.

Fachie and Hall travelled to Rio de Janeiro early in 2024 for the track world championships, finishing fourth in the 1km time-trial, before teaming up with Fachie’s husband Neil and his partner Matt Rotherham in the mixed team sprint, taking gold.  This summer at the Paralympic Games in Paris, the duo will aim to defend their individual pursuit title on the track for the third time, while targeting strong performances on the road in the time-trial and road races.