Royal Marine helps America’s First Lady open major sporting event for wounded troops

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Royal Marine helps America’s First Lady open major sporting event for wounded troops

The green beret is one of 18 British servicemen and women taking part in five-day-long Warrior Games in Colorado alongside more than 200 injured American personnel. Holding high a flaming torch, Royal Marine Simon Maxwell and US Army veteran Melissa Stockwell join America’s First Lady Michelle Obama as Paralympic-style games for wounded troops are opened in the USA. An 18-strong British team and some 200 Americans have converged on the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs for the 2012 Warrior Games – the first time UK personnel have competed in the five-day sporting contest. After the igniting of the Warrior Games’ flame, the athletes heard Mrs Obama praise their dedication, perseverance and self-sacrifice at an opening ceremony attended by some 1,600 people. “I am humbled and inspired ,” Mrs. Obama said. “No matter how seriously you’re injured, no matter what ob...

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