- 'Cheetah' starts her final chase.

(From Canberra Times)

Paralympic gold medallist and world record holder Lisa ''the Cheetah'' Llorens will hang up her spikes at the conclusion of this weekend's national track and field championships. Llorens, 25, yesterday said she was ready to retire early in the season, but elected to continue competing until this weekend to help her Paralympic friends qualify for Athens. Having achieved everything and more than she had set her sights on, Llorens felt there was nothing left to accomplish and it was time to move on to new challenges. Llorens dominated the 1998 world championships in Birmingham, where she won gold medals in the 100m, high jump and long jump …