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Preparations for first Paralympics in Russia in full swing

Published: 22 August, 2009, 14:37


As well as the Winter Olympics in 2014, Sochi will slso play host to the Paralympic games – a first for Russia. An exhibition in Moscow showed that preparations for the event are well underway.

 
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