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Blind Soccer Player Goes for Gold With Argentine Team | NBC Left Field
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8:14Now PlayingDavid Peralta, who lost his sight in a grenade explosion when he was five, is a forward on Argentina's blind national soccer team. In a country that worships soccer (or "fútbol"), Peralta and his team, Los Murcielagos (The Bats), show that disabilities are not obstacles to winning medals.
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