Afghan Paralympian seeking UK asylum appeals for new prosthetic legs

I was taken to the hospital and the doctor said he had to amputate my legs because I had lost so much blood, Hazrati said.

Although I had no legs I used to beat the cyclists competing with one leg, he said. I always won the bicycle in that competition.

He became one of his country's top Paralympian speed cyclists, competing in the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens.

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