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PHOENIX, Arizona, April 6. PARALYMPIC swimmer Iliana Rodriguez joins today's edition of The Morning Swim Show<\/i> to talk about her goal of making the 2012 U.S. Paralympic swimming team. <\/p>\n

Rodriguez also discusses the disease that crippled her leg at age 13, why her family chose to emigrate to the United States and how she's learned to cope with being disabled. As an architecture student, she also talks about which Olympic swimming venue fascinates her. Watch the full show in the video player below and visit SwimmingWorld.TV<\/a> for more video interviews.<\/p>\n

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