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Paralympian Oksana Masters: Sport helped me come to terms with a traumatic past
Oksana Masters was born with birth defects caused by radiation most likely from the Chernobyl disaster and spent years in an orphanage in Ukraine. Now she's a Paralympic champion.
Oksana tells us how she used the used the trauma of her youth to push herself to sporting greatness.
Photo: Oksana Masters Credit: Getty Images
Video journalist: Stephanie Constantine
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