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World Service,10 mins

The First Paralympic Games

Sporting Witness

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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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