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World Service,12 mins

Paralympic athlete suspended from running

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The story of American Paralympic sprinter Blake Leeper could be the basis for a Hollywood movie. He had a meteoric rise to the top. Just four years after taking up running he was winning two medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. But when Blake experimented with cocaine his ambitions came crashing down. Matthew Bannister asked Blake how being born without legs - and having to wear a double prosthesis - had affected him in his early life ... Photo: USA's Blake Leeper wins silver in Men's 400m T44 Final at 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Credit: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images.

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