Paralympics | Feature: Just being alive is a gift

by Sportswriters Hu Jiali and Liu Yangtao

PARIS, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Five-time Paralympian Loida Zabala Ollero lifted 75kg in her final attempt in the women's up to 50kg event on Thursday, nearly 50kg less than the eventual champion, Venezuela's Clara Sarahy Fuentes Monasterio.

The Porte de La Chapelle Arena erupted in applause as Zabala completed her match. Her flushed cheeks were accompanied by a radian