By Alan Smith When Alice Tai learnt the date of her amputation surgery in early 2022, she threw a “bye, bye leg” party for friends and family. The Paralympic swimming champion was born with club foot and chronic pain increasingly affected her entire body. Tai, possessing near-infinite positivity, was determined to have her right lower limb removed to allow her day-to-day freedom. And as she explains in an uplifting but harrowing Channel 4 documentary charting her surgery and recovery: “The decision to chop my leg off was the best decision of my life.” Heading into next week’s British champions…