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At just 5-feet-4-inches tall, Behan, 23, struggled with a series of setbacks that would change his life forever, but his unwavering spirit and dedication to his sport led him to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, reports The New York Times . Behan
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Once Told He'd Never Walk Again, Irish Gymnast Is Now Olympian Ian Walton/Getty Images Kieran Behan during a gymnastics competition in January. Before life threw more adversity at him than one person ought to bear, Kieran Behan told his mother that
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Sunday July 08 2012 Kieran Behan's path to the Olympics is straight out of a Hollywood script, writes Marie Crowe Imagine being told, not once but twice, that you would more than likely never walk again. Then imagine how it feels when, a decade after
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All that stuff about the Olympic ideal, how it's all about taking part, not winning, can often seem like so much hot air, rendered hopelessly quaint and outdated by the ultra-competitive and mercenary world of modern sport. Until, that is, you speak
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All that stuff about the Olympic ideal, how it's all about taking part, not winning, can often seem like so much hot air, rendered hopelessly quaint and outdated by the ultra-competitive and mercenary world of modern sport.
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Sunday January 15 2012 Do you feel sorry for yourself sometimes?...If you do happen to be one of that stiff upper lip minority who never do, fair play to you and don't be too hard on the rest of us. At the moment this country is giving us plenty of
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Kieran Behan of Ireland competes during the Men's floor exercise final during the Artistic International Gymnastics London 2012 Olympic qualifier, at the North Greenwich Arena in London. Behan competed in Thursday's floor final here at the Olympic
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After enduring an agonising wait, Kieran Behan's place at the London Olympic Games was finally confirmed yesterday by the Federation of International Gymnastics. Behan becomes the first Irish gymnast to qualify for the Games, although Barry McDonald
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