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Exeter's Victoria Arlen Featured on ESPYs
She was nominated in the "Best Female Athlete With a Disability" category.
Exeter's Victoria Arlen, who won a gold medal in the 2012 London Paralympics, was featured on the ESPYs award show Wednesday night.
The 18-year-old Arlen, a swimmer, won a gold and three silvers in the Paralympics. Earlier this month, she graduated from Exeter High School.
Arlen is in a wheelchair after suffering from transverse myelitis.
She was nominated for a "Best Female Athlete With a Disability" ESPY. The award went to Jessica Long, who's also a swimmer.
Long won eight medals at the 2012 Paralympics. Long has no feet from Fibular hemimelia.
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