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Monday, December 15, 2003

Sports for Young and Old with RP 

The UK's Ruth Small (70), a Commonwealth gold medallist who took up lawn bowls after losing her sight to retinitis pigmentosa recently received the Mid Kent Water Award for Disabled Sportswoman of the Year ('Blind Bowler Scoops Award', Sevenoaks Chronicle, December 12, 2003).

US teenager Marcus Hernandez, who has lost most of his sight through retinitis pigmentosa, is competing as a member of his high school wrestling team ('Blind ambition', The Pueblo Chieftain, December 11, 2003).

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