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Rainer Schmidt of Germany returns a shot
during a men's individual class 6 round robin match against Miroslaw
Kowalski of Poland at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games table tennis event
in Beijing, China, Sept. 9, 2008. Schmidt won the match 3-0 and advanced
to the quarterfinals. Schmidt literally has only one normal limb - his
left leg. He stands with the support of his artificial right leg, and has
his racket tied on his left upper arm. But his disability never stops him
from being a great athlete. Since the New York Paralympics in 1984,
Schmidt had participated in all the 6 Paralympics, and had won 8 medals in
hand - 4 gold and 4 silver. In the last Athens Paralympics, he won a gold
in the team event and a silver in his class 6 individual
games. (Xinhua Photo)
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