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Women para-athletes pursue Olympic spirit

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Updated: 2008-09-11 15:21

 

Natalia Partyka of Poland in action against China's Fan Lei during the table tennis final match at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing on September 10, 2008. Polish teenager Partyka stormed to Paralympic table tennis gold, just weeks after realising her dream of playing in the Olympic Games, becoming the first table tennis player to compete at both the Olympics and Paralympics, beat China's Fan Lei 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 in 23 minutes to successfully defend her Athens crown in her class. [Agencies]

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