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Australian teenagers pursuing their Paralympic dreams after choosing to amputate

Adelaide teenager Cameron Jones was living with intense, daily pain in his foot.

Simple tasks like walking around at school were agony, let alone trying to pursue his greatest love – playing football.

On an average day the 17-year-old's pain was constantly at a minimum a "six or seven" out of 10, and on the bad days, it was excruciating.

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