Paralympian loses medals and equipment in Brazilian floods but is improvising to qualify for Paris

By Mauricio Savarese | The Associated Press Paralympian fencer Vanderson Chaves poses for a photo in the gym where he trains, in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande

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