Vanuatu sends lone Paralympian to London

August 29, 2012



London, England &mdash; When Marcel Houssimoli enters London's Olympic Stadium tonight, he will be the only competitor from Vanuatu to represent his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

The 2012 Games will be only the third time that Vanuatu has sent a team, with George Kalkaua and Mary Mali Ramel representing the country at the, competing in the javelin, and Tom Tete representing the country at the in powerlifting.

The based Houssimoli will compete in the men's  running in the 100m, 200m and 400m events. Athletics at the 2012 Summer Paralympics start on Thursday.

Just getting from his home to London required a lot as he flew from Santo to the capital of, flew to , caught another flight to Singapore before finally getting a plane to London.