Kadeena Cox will compete in athletics and Para-cycling at Rio 2016 ©Getty Images

Kadeena Cox will compete in two sports at the Rio 2016 Paralympics after she was added to the British Paralympic Association cycling team for the Games.

Cox, who won the world title in the C4 500 metres time-trial event at the International Cycling Union (UCI) Para-cycling Track World Championships earlier this year, had already been named in the athletics team for Rio 2016.

The 25-year-old will now attempt to juggle her dual commitments at the Games when she competes in both the 500m time trial and road races in cycling, as well as the T38 100m and 400m on the athletics track.

“I’m delighted to be selected and be on the plane to Rio," she said.

“I’ve already won a world title in cycling earlier this year and I’ll be giving everything I’ve got to add a Paralympic gold medal to my collection.”

Cox, who was re-classified earlier this year, could become the first Briton to win medals in two sports at the Paralympic Games since Isabel Barr at Seoul 1988.

Barr won discus gold, shot put silver and javelin bronze at the Games, as well as a bronze in the air pistol competition.

Cox is due to make her Paralympic debut at Rio 2016, alongside another first time participant at the Games in Louis Rolfe.

Rolfe was added to the cycling team to compete with Jody Cundy and Jon-Allan Butterworth in the team sprint event.

Louis Rolfe has also been added to the British Para-cycling team ©Getty Images
Louis Rolfe has also been added to the British Para-cycling team ©Getty Images

The trio broke the world record en-route to gold in the discipline at this year’s World Championships.

He will also compete in the individual pursuit on the track, as well as the time trial on the road.

“I can’t believe that I’m going to be going to my first Paralympic Games in Rio,” Rolfe said.

“It’s been a dream of mine ever since I started cycling to be selected for a Paralympics.

“I’m really looking forward to competing against the best in the world and showing what I’m capable of.”

Dame Sarah Storey will lead the British team at her seventh Paralympic Games, having been named in the initial squad selection in June.

The 12-time Para-world cycling champion on the track will look to add to the 11 Paralympic gold medals she has claimed in her career.

The addition of Cox and Rolfe takes the British squad for the Paralympic Games to 259 athletes from 19 sports.