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The Great Lakes Games leave no athletes on the sidelines
Athletes with disabilities will compete in different kinds of adaptive sports in Lake Forest, Illinois this weekend.
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Athletes with disabilities will compete in different kinds of adaptive sports in Lake Forest, Illinois this weekend.
This weekend in north suburban Lake Forest, there will be an athletic competition designed to leave no one on the sidelines, the Great Lakes Games. Athletes with disabilities have the opportunity to compete in up to six different sporting events during the four-day competition at Lake Forest High School.
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