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A medal for Mum
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     Nineteen-year-old swimmer Tang Wai-lok won the men's 200-metre freestyle gold medal at the Paralympic Games in Rio.
 
     Tang was diagnosed with mild intellectual disability at the age of six, and it took him years to discover his hidden talent and live up to his potential.
 
     His efforts won Hong Kong its first Paralympic gold in the swimming pool.
 
     News.gov.hk met Tang and his mother to discuss his journey from hardship to Paralympic glory.
 
     The story appears on news.gov.hk today (November 13) in text and video format.
 
Ends/Sunday, November 13, 2016
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