It was eight weeks out from the Paralympics that Emily Petricola's preparations took an almighty hit. The two-time Paralympian was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in 2007 at the age of just 27. ABC Sport will be blogging each day of the Paris Paralympic Games. Preparing to defend the para cycling C4 3,000m pursuit that she won in Tokyo, a flare-up in Petricola's condition threatened to take her out of the Paris Games.