Paralympic Athlete's Last Chance to Compete

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• Paralympic athlete Helena Lucas will compete for Britain in Rio this summer in the sport of sailing
• Born without thumbs and only able to use 2 fingers on each hand
• Winning gold in 2012 London Paralympic Games sailing a 2.4mR sailboat and in doing so broke taboos on recognition and acceptance of disability in sport
• Rio may be Lucas's last chance to compete in the Paralympics as sailing has been dropped from Tokyo's 2020 Paralympic sports
• Cheer her on at Rio2016
• Further reading on Reuters