Cox took the victory in the event at two consecutive games, but he began the final with a poor start and fell down on the first bend.
Of course, it has been a trying year for the 33-year-old Engen, who has been unable to engage herself in athletics as she does during other Olympics due to the calf injury or multiple sclerosis and eating disorder.
“The last two Paralympics I’ve woken up laid next to a medal, grateful it wasn’t a dream! Today feels like a nightmare I can’t wake up from,” Cox posted on Instagram, external.
Then he said something in response to this—that I have not been able to properly convey what I feel. Even after all that I fought to overcome within the last year, I thought this moment was going to justify it all.
All that went through my mind when I was trying to push hard to get the strength back to walk, let alone run/cycle.
‘Yesterday I learned this truth this hard way that it does not always happen irrespective of the fact that one may wish it or work for it!’
Cox is favorite to race in the C1-5 team sprint for GB on Sunday following reports that the cyclist did not aggravate the earlier spinal injury during the crash.
During an interview, she stated that she will attempt to take ‘some something’ from these games and from her collection of Paralympic victories that total six medals, four of which are gold.