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What‘s It Like Winning A Medal In The Paralympics?
Manage episode 308381716 series 2948055
Jack Hunter-Spivey is a professional table tennis player and won a bronze medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo 2020. Joining him is Tom Solan, a TV producer who has worked on the Olympics.
Here we talk about how classifications work, how Jack trains, how funding is given and allocated, and controversies surrounding the Paralympics. For example, did you know that in the early 90s Spain sent out a basketball team full of reporters pretending to have learning disabilities and they won a bronze medal!
47 episodes
Manage episode 308381716 series 2948055
Jack Hunter-Spivey is a professional table tennis player and won a bronze medal at the Paralympics in Tokyo 2020. Joining him is Tom Solan, a TV producer who has worked on the Olympics.
Here we talk about how classifications work, how Jack trains, how funding is given and allocated, and controversies surrounding the Paralympics. For example, did you know that in the early 90s Spain sent out a basketball team full of reporters pretending to have learning disabilities and they won a bronze medal!
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