Paralympians aren't 'courageous', they're athletes just like their able-bodied counterparts, says the former pentathlete and friend of fallen star Oscar Pistorius Don Elgin doesn't shake your hand so much as tenderise it. The three-time Australian Paralympic pentathlete is pressing the flesh and promoting his second book when we meet at the MCG, and with a quick vice-grip and enthusiastic introduction one becomes immediately aware of how and why, when discus was added to the schedule of the 2014...
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The Guardian - 4 Sep 2016 22:30
Paralympians aren't 'courageous', they're athletes just like their able-bodied counterparts, says the former pentathlete and friend of fallen star Oscar Pistorius Don Elgin doesn't shake your hand so much as tenderise it. The three-time Australian Paralympic pentathlete is pressing the flesh and promoting his second book when we meet at the MCG, and with a quick vice-grip and enthusiastic introduction one becomes immediately aware of how and why, when discus was added to the schedule of the 2014...
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