SUVA, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iliesa Delana, who won Fiji's first ever Paralympics gold medal at the 2012 London Games, received a hero's welcome on his return at the Pacific island nation's Nadi International Airport on Wednesday. Delana, 27, a former college student, won gold in the F42 high jump event with a jump of 1.74 meters on Sept. 4, to beat six athletes in the competition and the gold medal is just the second Paralympic medal by a Pacific athlete. The celebration started with a water cannon salute with two trucks spraying a fountain of water on the Air Pacific flight as it travelled through the tarmac. With huge crowd, Fiji's Minister for Youth and Sports, Commander Viliame Naupoto,...
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