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“I thought I would never fly again”: Darius, who cannot use his legs, returned to gliding in championship style

"I thought I would never fly again," recalls Darius Liaugaudas, remembering a glider crash he survived over a decade ago. Due to a spinal injury, he cannot use his legs, but he has returned to the skies. The LRT.lt interviewee has become the Lithuanian gliding champion 17 times, winning the title 3 times while having a mobility disability. "People have asked me what I would advise if someone is hesitating whether to start flying a glider…

Source: LRT

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