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Cheers, tears and jeers filled the stadium throughout the London 2012 Summer Paralympics, a major sporting event for disabled athletes following the 2012 Summer Olympics. After the Summer Olympics, the Paralympics were the largest multi-sport event that London ever hosted. There were many inspiring success stories, including Josef Craig, a swimmer with cerebral palsy who broke his own world record for the 400-meter freestyle. At 15, he also became Britain’s youngest gold medalist in the games’ history. Or Bethany Woodward, another British athlete with cerebral palsy, who claimed the silver in the 200 meter sprint. She said that runners with cerebral palsies face many obstacles. “It’s extremely difficult,” Woodward said. “Your body’s doing one thing and your brain’s trying to tell you to do another. It’s like a brick wall that you have to break through to get it done.” In one uncomfortable moment, Chancellor George Osborne received boos from…
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