The fact this idiot won a Paralympic Games medal seven years ago is the least important fact about his stunt and should have nothing to do with this story. It is there to somehow give more weight to his idiocy, as if he is some kind of celebrity. His fifteen seconds of fame were over seven years ago. Now he’s attempting to recoup those seconds by adding fifteen minutes of infamy by doing something totally stupid for a reason that’s based on a hoax.
I would have ripped him off leaving a lot of skin behind.