Updated at 13:53,23-12-2024

From A Belarusian Orphanage To The Paralympics

RFE/RL



Twenty-two-year-old Vadim Lipinski, who grew up disabled in an orphanage in Belarus, is about to race for his country at the Paralympics in South Korea. For the young skier, the chance to win gold is a lifelong dream, but he's pursuing other dreams as well: a closer relationship with his birth parents and a home and family of his own.