What‘s It Like Winning A Medal In The Paralympics?

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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!