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World Service,22 Aug 2012,18 mins

Ukraine's Success

Inside The Paralympics

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In Beijing in 2008 the Ukrainian Paralympic team came fourth in the league of medals. Andriy Kravets discovers how the country managed this surprising achievement and how it is preparing for the London Games. He questions whether the success of its Paralympic team has had an impact of how disability is viewed in Ukraine. (Image: Lidiya Solovyova, she won gold and broke the world record for women under 40kg by lifting 105.5kg in the Beijing Olympics, 2008)

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