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Olympic Notes: South African Airline Apologizes For Barring Paralympians Prosthesis

South African Airways said that it has apologized to Tyrone Pillay, the country’s medal-winning Paralympic shot-putter, "after he was prevented from boarding a flight with his spare prosthetic leg." The incident happened "on Tuesday as Pillay was returning from the Paralympic Games" in Rio de Janeiro, where he won a Bronze Medal. Pillay revealed on Twitter that a member of SAA staff had "stopped him boarding a connecting flight from Johannesburg to Durban, his hometown, while carrying his spare prosthesis." He tweeted, "Terrible treatment of a Paralympic athlete as the staff refuse to allow my prosthetic leg on board" (AFP, 9/21).

The Int'l Paralympic Committee and Channel 4 signed a letter of intent for the broadcaster to remain as Great Britain's Paralympic rights holder until '20, covering the next two editions of the Paralympic Games and the London 2017 Para-Athletics World Championships. The announcement for Channel 4 to continue promoting Para sport for the next four years aligns with the broadcaster's public service remit and comes days after the conclusion of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (IPC). 

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