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Radio 4. My cast away this week is the Paralympian and TV presenter Adea Depotan.

Wheelchair basketballs, his sports and this year he partnered Clear Balding, anchoring Channel 4's coverage of the 2012

London Paralympics.

When he's not stuck in a studio explaining the intricacies of Gulball, he's reporting

from the rainforests of Nicaragua or the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

Adversity seems to bring out the best in him.

He even survived turning up for his first day at school aged seven in a pink checked suit and bow tie. For a decade his decision to

pursue a life in sport drove a huge wedge between him and his parents. He says I

think I've done more things with my disability than most able-bodied people

would ever dream of doing. So Adda, you're a veteran Paralympian yourself. You represented

GB at the Sydney and the Athens Games you won a gold at the

Paralympic World Cup do you think after London 2012 Paralympics there's no

going back for Paralympic sports? Yeah I think this was a landmark Paralympics, you know.

Even now I still can't believe it's happened.

You know, the figures speak for themselves.

You look at the Olympic Park every day it was jam-packed and working on Channel 4 we were

getting 6.5 million people watching on Thriller Thursday when Johnny Peacock

100 meters everyone was just so up for it.

Channel 4 ran that very punchy marketing campaign that showed some of the Paralympic

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