TOKYO: Triple Paralympic champion Markus Rehm, known as the “Blade Jumper,” regularly outperforms able-bodied athletes in the long jump but dreams of beating them on the same stage.

The charismatic German’s world-record leap of 8.48m last year would have comfortably won him gold at the last three Olympics, and he said he measures himself against the top athletes -- Olympic or Paralympic.

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