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23.11.2022

Swimming coach calls for change to Paralympic Games Down's syndrome rules

Swimming coach Lee Portingale, who trains Britain's triple world champion Mark Evens, has called for the rules on Down's syndrome swimmers at the Paralympics to be changed.

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