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09-15-2016, 11:30 PM
Armless table tennis player Ibrahim Hamadtou epitomizes the Paralympics spirit
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Ibrahim Hamadtou lost both his arms in a train accident when he was just 10 years old, but that hasn't stopped him.*
Hamadtou **w plays table tennis with one shoe on and one shoe off. He picks the ball up with his toes to serve. He holds the paddle in his mouth to rally.*
He's incredible, and he's a Paralympian.*
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Hamadtou made his Paralympics debut this month in Rio de Janeiro, but the 43-year-old Egyptian has been in the spotlight before.*
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Hamadtou takes on*David Wetherill of Great Britain in Rio.
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Ibrahim Hamadtou lost both his arms in a train accident when he was just 10 years old, but that hasn't stopped him.*
Hamadtou **w plays table tennis with one shoe on and one shoe off. He picks the ball up with his toes to serve. He holds the paddle in his mouth to rally.*
He's incredible, and he's a Paralympian.*
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Hamadtou made his Paralympics debut this month in Rio de Janeiro, but the 43-year-old Egyptian has been in the spotlight before.*
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Hamadtou takes on*David Wetherill of Great Britain in Rio.
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