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Fri 09 Sep 2008Irish group can't wait to get down to business
PARALYMPICS PREVIEW:BEIJINGERS ARE relishing the heroic performances and bountiful bunting of recent weeks as much as they are enjoying the extraordinarily clean air, and the citizens of the Chinese capital are getting ready to welcome 4,200 athletes for the Paralympics, which begin with a lavish opening ceremony tomorrow.
Ireland has 48 hopefuls in the competition, which runs for 10 days from Sunday, and true to form, they are managing to make more noise than their much bigger neighbours on each side, France and Egypt, and are winning the flags contest by around five to one.
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