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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Sport
Alasdair Hooper

Paralympian Claire Cashmore opens up on disability as she explains turning point

If there’s one person who knows about the unlimited power of sport, then it’s Paralympian Claire Cashmore.

With five Games under her belt and multiple medals - including a gold and silver in swimming at Rio and a bronze in the Paratriathlon in Tokyo - she is who she is today because of her sport.

Born without a left forearm, the 34-year-old admits she was incredibly self-conscious about her disability growing up and in her teenage years. She’d do all she could to hide her arm and grew to hate the fact that she was different.

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