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Suffolk veteran picked for Invictus Games on daughter’s birthday

Mr Bygate’s selection into the UK’s team for the 2025 Invictus Games was special for several reasons.

“I was lucky enough to have been selected for the Invictus Games team but we were told back in June,” he said.

“This year is 10 years since the Invictus Games started, it’s 10 years since Chloe died, and I got the phone call to tell me that I was selected on 7 June – which is her 30th birthday.

“I think she was looking down on me at the time.”

The games, which are an international multi-sport event for the wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women both serving and veterans, will be held next February in Vancouver, Canada.

Mr Bygate said he was “chuffed to bits” with the news and will now spend some time looking into which event he would like to compete in along with the other athletes.

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