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Twelve Days Of Glory - The Forgotten Athletes
Television (Full Length) – 1993
We’re not ‘having a go,’ we’ve trained for years to get here. It’s an achievement to get here to Barcelona.– Paralympian Cristeen Smith
In a general public area they see the wheelchair first so it’s up to you as a person to portray your personality forward and then the wheelchair is insignificant.– Team captain Dave MacCalman
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