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One-Legged Cyclist Transforms African Nation

by Pat Coate | August 07, 2005

Koforidua, Ghana - From a distance, he looks like any other cyclist - but Emmanuel Ofusu Yeboah races with one leg he was born with, and one made for him.

But his story - the subject of a new documentary called "Emmanuel's Gift" - goes beyond sports: His remarkable journey has changed a country.

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