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and was assigned to take part in heat two. Sultana completed the heat in seventh place in a new personal best time of 31.12 seconds. This put him 21st (and last) overall and he did not qualify for the final—the eight overall fastest swimmers made that stage of the competition. Sultana took part in
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event the following day, being drawn into heat three. He finished the race in a time of 1 minute and 16.94 seconds and placed eighth in his heat. As only the top eight overall finishers could advance to the final, Sultana was eliminated from the competition. On 8 September, he participated in the
369:, "I want to shave off one second to 29 seconds in the 50m freestyle and possibly finish the 100m butterfly race in 1.20 or 1.19 instead of the present 1.24. I am here and it’s more than enough. I want to continue training to be ready for the next Paralympics in four years’ time."
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Paralympics Matthew Sultana was 15 years old and was the only athlete to compete for Malta. He attained qualification to the Games by winning three age-group medals at an international meet in Berlin. Sultana has an upper limb deformity, and is classified
365:. He trained with the non-government organisation Inspire for two and a half years and entered a classification race on 28 August to enable his participation. Sultana said his young age was unimportant and he entered the Paralympics to improve his
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221:. The Maltese delegation consisted of a single short-distance swimmer:
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Federation of Sports Associations for Disabled Persons
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673:McGarry, Andrew (3 September 2008).
209:sent a delegation to compete at the
735:"A-Z of Paralympic classification"
675:"Paralympics categories explained"
514:International Paralympic Committee
363:International Paralympic Committee
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372:On 31 August, he competed in the
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705:"Making sense of the categories"
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235:men's 100 metre breaststroke SB9
123:Summer Paralympics appearances (
510:"Malta at the Paralympic Games"
295:Disability sport classification
919:National Paralympic Committees
798:Ameen, Juan (31 August 2012).
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541:"2012 London Paralympic Games"
267:National Paralympic Committees
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275:short-distance swimmer
1835:2012 in Maltese sport
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539:Wood, Robert (2012).
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804:The Times of Malta
741:. 28 August 2008.
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