"Those phrases that we're probably told to hold back on like inspirational, all those words just drip off your tongue during a paralympic Games because of the human achievement mixed in with the athletic achievement, " he says.

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But the aid will be drip-fed, and the taps turned off at any deviation from an agreed programme.

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