Going for gold

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TODAY the Paralympic Games begin, and there can be no better way to raise our spirits than this competition between sportspeople who surmounted endless obstacles to take part in these Games. They are testament to the strength of the human spirit. The Paralympics originated in the Stoke Mandeville Games organised for disabled veterans of the Second World War by the remarkable German-British neurologist Dr Ludwig Guttmann, a Jewish refugee. That bold and imaginative initiative has benefited generations of athletes. We are proud of the British team and we shall be willing them on — at a distance — to victory. Listen and subscribe to The Leader podcast at: standard.co.uk/the leader