Spanish athlete with albinism fled Mali, now chases gold at Paralympics

LUGO, Spain — When Adiaratou Iglesias crossed the finish line at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, she did not know she had bagged a gold in the women's 100-metre T13 race until she was told. The visually impaired Spanish athlete, who goes by Adi and also won a 400m silver in Tokyo, said she now dreamed of hearing her adoptive family shout "gold" when she completes her races at the Paris Games this week. Iglesias was born in Mali with albinism, a genetic condition that inhibits the production of melanin which pigments the skin...