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​This blog is for elementary  age students.  The posted devotions, news articles, videos and other materials are gleaned from websites by my student advisers.  They believe this material would be of interest to other students of their same ages.​

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DOGO News:  These Amazing Paralympians See No Challenges, Just Opportunities

9/8/2021

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​The pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, which took place from Aug. 24 to Sept. 5, 2021, attracted a record number of competitors. A total of 4,403 athletes — 2,550 male and 1,853 female — competed across 22 sports and 23 disciplines. Here are a handful of the incredible men and women whose determination and grit shattered all stereotypes and exhibited the best of humanity.

Asiya Mohammad
Kenyan-born Asiya Mohammad had a rough start in life. She was just two years old when she lost her legs and a few fingers in a train accident. Her father died of a stroke shortly after, and her mother passed away when she was just nine. Raised by a cousin, Mohammad first turned to sports as a teenager looking to lose weight.
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The double-amputee initially pursued, and even competed in, wheelchair marathons. She then switched to wheelchair tennis, before taking up rowing in 2018... 



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