Prior to the Paralympics , she joined the Australian team at a team building event at Cardiff Castle , and used the same training facilities nearby . This was alongside the athletes of several other Pacific Island nations . At the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony , she carried her nation 's flag in the Parade of Nations . She competed on 8 September , as one of the 17 athletes in her class of the shot put who finished the event . She finished in 15th place , ahead of Nephtalie Jean Louis of Haiti and Zambia 's Rodah Mutale
2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
Hellen Saohaga