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Row over team officials to Rio paralympics

A checkpoint at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 5, 2016 during the ceremony to hand over the security of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Rio 2016 to the National Force. / AFP PHOTO / VANDERLEI ALMEIDA

A row has erupted over selection of team officials ahead of the Paralympic games to be held in Rio Brazil from September 7 to 18.

At the centre are claims that some officials were unfairly left out of the traveling contingent. Those left out claim that some joy riders have instead been pick to travel to Rio for the games.

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