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Petitclerc named top female athlete

Source: Star Phoenix

Beijing : China | 11 months ago

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Chantal Petitclerc certainly knows how to go out with a bang. The 39-year-old wheelchair racer from Montreal, who has become the face of the Paralympic movement in Canada, won five gold medals and set three world records in September at the Beijing Paralympics. Petitclerc’s efforts in the final...

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