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From a Baghdad orphanage to the Paralympics

James Buckley
December 29 2020 - 12:30am
Paralympic swimmer Ahmed Kelly has his sights set on a medal at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics. Picture: Karleen Minney
Paralympic swimmer Ahmed Kelly has his sights set on a medal at the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics. Picture: Karleen Minney

Several words spring to mind as Ahmed Kelly hauls himself out of the AIS training pool with his upper arms and walks on knees over to two prosthetic legs.

James Buckley

James Buckley

Sports Editor

James is a Queanbeyan boy enjoying his second stint at the Canberra Times, more than eight years on from his first. In between he's traveled the world, and spent time covering sport in Sydney.