something interesting for you guys
this guy who won a gold medal yesterday and will probably win another one in next few days
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024-paralympics/athlete/serkan-yildirim_2000715
is in fact the same person as this guy
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/islamic-republic-of-iran/sajjad-hashemiahangari-14422407
and he is not blind, he is a national record holder in Iran in 400m and 2012 Olympian
I'm no doctor but I highly doubt he is qualified to participate in Paralympics in T12 class. he probably has a better eyesight than some of us here.
there are other Iranians in Paralympics, paid to compete for Turkiye but only this one completely changed his name, guess why ? probably to not get identified. didn't work well.
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