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Rio Paralympics 2016i

The 2016 Paralympic games, the fifteenth edition, are a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The Games mark the first time a Latin American and South American city hosts the event. These Games will see the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the paratriathlon.

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  • Xu Jingkun lost his arm when he was 12, and has since become a world class sailor, proving naysayers wrong with every adventure
  • The Paralympian will become the first Chinese sailor to enter in the Route du Rhum, as he continues his journey to the Vendee Globe

US swimmer Trischa Zorn is far and away the most successful Paralympian in history while Jessica Long is the only one of the most-decorated Para athletes who will compete in Tokyo.

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