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Paralympics Scandal

Robert talks with Mark Shepherd, director of disabled sport services for the U.S. Olympics Committee. Shepherd talks about why the International Paralympics Committee suspended the International Sports Organization for Athletes with Intellectual Disability, also known as the INAS-FID, from membership. Shepherd describes the scandal that broke out after the discovery that most players on the Spanish Paralympic Basketball team were not intellectually disabled.

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