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Article: Battling performance from brilliant Roberts; ROWING.
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- South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- September 2, 2009
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PARALYMPIAN James Roberts matched his Beijing performance with a fighting fifth at the World Rowing Championships in Poland, just a length off the gold medal.
But sadly, it could be the last time the Cardiff Bay-based rower appears in Great Britain colours after a change in his disability classification.
To date, the 23-year-old has competed in the trunk and arms event, racing in the mixed double sculls at three world championships in London, Munich and Poland, and the Paralympics in China last year.
But in future, officials have ruled that he will ...