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Canadian Olympic and Paralympic teams won’t be heading to Japan this summer, and one other nation is already following suit.
Paralympic swimmer and nurse Manami Ito has more talent up her sleeve – a prosthetic violinist’s bow. A perfect fit to play heart-rending melodies!
All six candidates were cute enough to do the country proud, but these two are the winners.
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Organizers find a way to let vision-impaired kids express their opinion of which of the adorable characters best represents Japan.
These six mascots take their inspiration from sakura cherry blossoms, shrines, and Japanese fairy tales.
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Paralympic fencing medalist under fire for “slanted eye” photo on Instagram
Dec 20, 2018
The Internet has some fierce words for Italian wheelchair fencer Emanuele Lambertini, and are even calling for his medal to be revoked.
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