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<header class="gmail-_2-5AL gmail-_3GhT9" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:400;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"PT Sans","Trebuchet MS","Arial Narrow",sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px 0px 32px;padding:26px 0px 32px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0px 0px 3px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(215,219,227);border-left-color:initial;display:block;color:rgb(10,22,51);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-JwYux" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><h1 style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.16667;font-family:"Abril Titling Bold","Book Antiqua",Palatino,"Palatino Linotype","Palatino LT STD",Georgia,serif;font-size:3rem;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;color:rgb(10,22,51)">Valued and included: Para integration a big Commonwealth Games hit</h1></div></header><aside class="gmail-_1ki1P" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:400;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"PT Sans","Trebuchet MS","Arial Narrow",sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;display:block;float:left;width:300px;color:rgb(10,22,51);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><section class="gmail-_3eMES" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:16px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(215,219,227);border-left-color:initial;display:block"><div class="gmail-_1mseD" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.6;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.9375rem;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><h5 class="gmail-_2FyET" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:15px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 2px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;color:rgb(35,35,35)">By<span> </span>Nick Mulvenney</h5><span class="gmail-_1wVn6" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:15px;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 2px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><time class="gmail-_2_zR-" datetime="2018-04-15T22:05:33+10:00" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:15px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">15 April 2018 — 10:05pm</time></span></div></section></aside><section class="gmail-_1ysFk" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:400;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.77778;font-family:"PT Serif",Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:1.125rem;margin:0px 0px 40px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;display:block;color:rgb(10,22,51);float:right;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-_1665V gmail-undefined" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">On a balmy Friday evening, 35,000 fans had packed into the Carrara Stadium to watch Caster Semenya seal the middle distance double and New Zealander Valerie Adams attempt to win a fourth successive shot put gold.</p><div style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><figure class="gmail-_3ujPS gmail-_3g3zI" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;display:block;clear:both;overflow:hidden;width:803px;background:rgba(215,219,227,0.5)"><a style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(35,35,35);border-left-color:initial;text-decoration:none;color:rgb(112,112,112);display:block"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:0px"><img alt="Kurt Fearnley carries the Australian flag into the closing ceremony on Sunday night." style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border: 0px; display: block; width: 803px; height: auto; min-height: 300px;"></span></a><figcaption class="gmail-_3CZmy" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"PT Sans","Trebuchet MS","Arial Narrow",sans-serif;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:10px 16px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;display:block;color:rgb(35,35,35);background:rgb(244,245,247)"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.33333;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.9375rem;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">Kurt Fearnley carries the Australian flag into the closing ceremony on Sunday night.</p><cite style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:italic;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.23077;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.8125rem;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">Photo:<span> </span>AAP</cite></figcaption></figure></div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">Tucked into the programme between the 3,000 metres steeplechase and the heptathlon 800 metres heats was Arnott's 100 metres sprint.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">As the crowd roared their support, the Englishman made a great start out of his blocks only for Nigeria's Suwaibidu Galadima to storm past him with a blistering finish to claim gold.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">"All of a sudden I saw the guy to my left come through and I was a bit like 'woah'," Arnott told Reuters.</p></div></section><section class="gmail-vPaWe" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:400;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"PT Sans","Trebuchet MS","Arial Narrow",sans-serif;font-size:16px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;display:flex;clear:both;color:rgb(10,22,51);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-_1ysFk" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.77778;font-family:"PT Serif",Georgia,Times,"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:1.125rem;margin:0px 0px 40px 25px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;color:rgb(10,22,51);float:right"><div class="gmail-_1665V gmail-undefined" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:ba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, though, the goal on the horizon for Arnott is the Paralympics Games that follow.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">This is the Commonwealth Games, where Paralympic athletes are not just included but fully integrated in the teams, and their events in the programme.</p></div><div class="gmail-_1665V gmail-undefined" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">Usain Bolt last week described it as "brilliant" and Arnott, who was born with a condition called Erb's palsy which restricts the movement of his left shoulder and impacts on his ability to sprint, would not disagree with the Jamaican great.</p><div class="gmail-ymInT" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 32px 26.7604px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border-width:3px 0px 1px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgb(10,22,51);border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:rgb(215,219,227);border-left-color:initial;float:right;clear:both;text-align:inherit;width:321.198px"><h2 class="gmail-_21cvO" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1;font-family:"PT Sans","Trebuchet MS","Arial Narrow",sans-serif;font-size:1.0625rem;margin:0px;padding:8px 0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px;letter-spacing:1.5px;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(10,22,51)"><br></h2><div class="gmail-_1JYfJ" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><div class="gmail-_1PorT" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px 0px 16px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><h3 class="gmail-_192pi" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.2;font-family:"Abril Titling Bold","Book Antiqua",Palatino,"Palatino Linotype","Palatino LT STD",Georgia,serif;font-size:1.25rem;margin:16px 0px 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><br></h3></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">"It's just amazing to the see the able-bodied and the paras coming together, we've all become friends, it's just been one big team-bonding experience," he said.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">"I've been exchanging tips with the able-bodied sprinters. Them to me, me to them as much as I can," he added with a laugh. "It's just been one of the best experiences I've ever had."</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive David Grevemberg believes the full integration is essential if the Games are to reflect the mission of the movement.</p></div><div class="gmail-_1665V gmail-undefined" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">"Truly if we want a Games that is representative of all the people across the Commonwealth, then our athletes need to be truly representative," said the American, a former senior executive at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).</p><p style="box-sizi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round the world a bit more."</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">The support for Para-athletes from the Gold Coast crowds has been vocal and wheelchair-bound local Kurt Fearnley said the backing he received winning silver in the wheelchair 1,500m "almost blew my head off".</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">The veteran, who brought the curtain down on his career with a marathon gold on Sunday, was hopeful that the raised profile of the Para-athletes could also open a broader discussion about disability in Australian society.</p></div><div class="gmail-_1665V gmail-undefined" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">"Let's have this conversation on a greater level and let's make sure we can do something positive for what's happening right here," Fearnley said.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">"It's working, it's good, it's the right thing to do. Now let's use it as a pivotal moment. Tomorrow morning have that yarn wherever you are."</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">A few nights later, Arnott described the whole experience of racing amputee Galadima and winning a medal in the T47 100m as "surreal" and said he was looking forward to a few more days hanging out as a proud member of the England team.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">"It's just fantastic, you get to come across the other side of the world," grinned the 21-year-old.</p><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">"And it's all for the sport."</p></div><div class="gmail-_1665V gmail-undefined" style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><p style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:700;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size:18px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;border:0px">AAP</strong></p></div></div></section>

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