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The First Paralympic Games
The first Paralympics were held in Rome in 1960.
Margaret Maughan was a member of the British team - and won the UK's first Paralympic gold medal for archery.
Photo: Margaret competing at a later date.
(This programme was first broadcast last year - 2010)
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