On a warm autumnal morning in Paris on Monday, a group of women gathered for the occasion to which they had devoted three years of hugely challenging lives.
A Cuban who has become an icon of parasport, an Iranian who has become an emblem of freedom for millions in her country, and one of the most loved sportswomen in Mexico were among those competing in the heats of the Paralympic Games 400 metres for women who are visually impaired.
It was in the last of four qualifying heats that a competitor limbered up whose presence was an insult to those women, their years of endeavour against immense odds and to the integrity of the Paralympic Games.
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