Sports competition for disabled opens in Miyagi Pref.

Sports competition for disabled opens in Miyagi Pref.

RIFU, Japan - Physically and mentally disabled people from around Japan march in the opening ceremony of the First National Sports Games for the Disabled in Rifu, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan on Oct. 27. About 3,200 athletes and 1,800 participants attended the competition, the largest of its kind to be held in the country.

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