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MEDAL QUEST: American Athletes and the Paralympic Games
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet the Athletes - Archery | "I can represent my country again." | PBS
by PBS 669 views
Paralympic archer Russell Wolfe says he "searched for years to find my way" after an accident ended his military career. Now he's proud to represent the U.S. in international competition, and to counsel fellow veterans with disabilities to "start living again."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | What Makes a Champion? | "The Stakes are Definitely Higher with Athletes" | PBS
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Prosthetist Shane Ryley reveals the care and technology needed to make the high-performance limbs that have revolutionized sports for people with disabilities. Ryley compares the impact that sports put on prosthetic limbs: "hundreds of times higher" than on biological legs.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet The Athletes | "We had to win!" | PBS
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Chris Ahrens explains that he and his teammates committed to London 4 years ago -- and it took some tough playing to get them there. Worldwide, only a handful of Soccer 7-a-Side teams can qualify for each Paralympics. The U.S. players missed out on Beijing in 2008 and were determined to make it in 2012.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Jeff Fabry | "I'm Looking to Make A Statement" | PBS
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Jeff Fabry, bronze medalist in archery in 2004 and 2008, is looking to "make a statement" in London 2012. His steady, exact routines are like "a robot shooting the bow," he says, as he sets up and shoots.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Rivals | "It's a Finesse Game" | PBS
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"If you're not thinking two steps ahead of your opponents," says Eric Duda of men's sitting volleyball, "you're already behind." This is a sport of speed, emotion and teamwork, as seen at the 2011 Parapan American championship match between Team USA and Brazil.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | What Makes a Champion? | Titanium Chairs and Cheetah Legs | PBS
by PBS 1,737 views
Paralympians show off the high-tech wizardry that is part of today's elite level competition, and describe the impact that new designs, new materials, and new technologies have had on their sports. "Engineering's a big part of this." Cyclist Allison Jones describes modifications she's made on her bike. "You would think that person was born with the chair attached to them" -- that's how one athlete describes the perfect fit for a sports wheelchair.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Warrior Athletes | Warrior Games 2012: "Fighting it out -- with love!" | PBS
by PBS 1,477 views
The Warrior Games -- a chance for injured service men and women to show their abilities and bring glory, again, to the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. It's also a chance for them to learn from the best: the many Paralympians who work as mentors and coaches, showing the veterans the techniques and skills they'll need to compete, on the track and in life. Paralympic athletes say it's "humbling" to be mentors and coaches to the injured service men and women competing in the 2012 Warrior Games.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Lex Gillette | "I get to my 16th step and I jump." | PBS
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As a high school freshman, Lex Gillette started the long jump -- one of four Paralympic sports he now competes in. Lex talks about losing his vision as a young boy and says, "We had to figure out how we were going to move on from that." He shows MEDAL QUEST how he works with a guide to set up for his tremendous flying jumps.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | What Makes a Champion? | Hand -- Ear Coordination | PBS
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Goalball players Jen Armbruster, Lisa Czechowski, and Asya Miller explain their game and show the skills and strategies that have won so many medals. To some, goalball looks like a cross between bowling and soccer. The players know it as a tough, physical sport with lots of strategy and speed. In this MEDAL QUEST video, members of the women's goalball team talk about the skills that made them today's defending Paralympic champions.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://www.pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | What Makes a Champion? | Competitive Spirit | PBS
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Athletes from a range of sports -- sprinting, wheelchair tennis, sitting volleyball, cycling, discus, and more --agree: "It all comes down to heart." As Brent Rasmussen from sitting volleyball says, "It doesn't happen overnight -- you don't just show up and play." It takes years of training to be a Paralympian, with long hours and a true competitive drive. "We have no slouches," says judo's Myles Porter.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Katy Sullivan | "London is everything!" | PBS
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Paralympic sprinter Katy Sullivan remembers how unsure she was the first time she saw running legs. Then, "the world of sports opened to me." She describes that incredible moment before a race starts, when everything narrows down to a kind of "tunnel vision." Katy makes it clear that Paralympians and Olympians are all one team -- and for all of them, London 2012 is the goal.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Alana Nichols | "My competitive spirit kicked in." | PBS
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Alana Nichols of the women's wheelchair basketball team admits she likes going "really fast." "I love feeling my heart beat," she says. Her competitive spirit took over when she started playing wheelchair athletics. Nichols is amazed that she and her team won a gold medal on the exact anniversary of the day she broke her back. Now, she's the first woman to win gold in both the Summer and Winter Paralympics.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Mackenzie Soldan | "Everyone was cheering!" | PBS
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Wheelchair tennis player Mackenzie Soldan talks us through last year's gold-medal match against teammate Emmy Kaiser in Guadalajara, Mexico. Soldan was surprised, at the Parapan American Games, by her own reaction: "It hit me, I'm playing for my country." It was a tough start for Soldan, as she lost the first set. "I kind of choked a bit," she admits. But she talks about what it took to claw her way back up -- and the emotional finish to the game.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Paul Schulte | "And we shoot 3-pointers, too!" | PBS
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Paul Schulte, co-captain of the men's wheelchair basketball team, answers the questions everyone asks about his sport. "Blowing past someone on the baseline," "drop steps," "picks" -- the moves and strategies are the same for wheelchair basketball players. "And we shoot 3-pointers, too!" Schulte talks about getting "his" shot to click, and about Paralympians who "push themselves to the limits."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and
the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic
Committee. More at: http://www.pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Rivalries | Myles Porter: "Part rival, part respect" | PBS
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Judo fighter Myles Porter talks about his rival and nemesis -- and off-court friend -- Brazil's Antonio Tenorio da Silva, and about what drives him to compete. Antonio da Silva is the reigning Paralympic judo champion, the first to win gold medals at four consecutive Summer Games. Myles Porter knows how hard he'll have to work to beat da Silva in London.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Introducing Medal Quest | "My goal -- gold for my country!" | PBS
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MEDAL QUEST kicks off with an introduction to "the best athletes in the world" -- the elite athletes of the Paralympic Games. Competing in sports as different as wheelchair basketball, archery, judo, cycling, and more, these American athletes personify the grit, the strategy, and the skill it takes to go for the gold.
Watch the video, hear these athletes' stories, and see them compete around the world, as they prepare for the London Games, starting August 29, 2012.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games, and is produced by WGBH Boston in association with PBS. -
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MEDAL QUEST | Rivalries | Blake Leeper: "I want to beat him. Point. Blank. Period." | PBS
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Track athlete Blake Leeper talks about the intense level of competition in Paralympic sports and how he stacks up against two of the biggest names in racing: South Africa's Oscar Pistorius and America's Jerome Singleton. Leeper is one of the younger members of Team USA and began competing internationally less than three years ago. The level of competition -- the way top athletes focused in on winning -- was a revelation to him.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in Association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Paralympic Greats | 2011: Sneak Peak At The Velodrome | PBS
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Cyclist Allison Jones and a small group of Paralympians and Olympians toured Britain last fall, visiting competition sites and also getting a feel for London's amazing attractions. In this video, Allison gets a sneak peak at the brand new Velodrome in London, where the cycling events will be held, and then tours the city. Courtesy: U.S. Olympic Committee and VisitBritain.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Allison Jones | "Sign Me Up!" | PBS
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Allison Jones tells the story of how she came to Paralympic cycling -- and how cool it is to hear crowds chant "USA!!" while she competes. A multi-sport competitor, Allison has competed in the last five Paralympics, Summer and Winter, winning medals in skiing as well as bicycling. Her focus now, every day: "the end game for London."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Kortney Clemons | A Veteran's Journey | PBS
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Paralympic sprinter, long jump competitor and U.S. Army veteran Kortney Clemons talks about the IED that took his right leg and killed three of his friends in Iraq. Paralympic sports, he says, are just like the Olympics: "a very big deal."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://www.pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Greta Neimanas | "Training is a full time job, 24/7" | PBS
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Paralympic cyclist Greta Neimanas takes us through her "full time job" -- the tough training for the Games. It's a roller-coaster of ups and downs, with days that are "grueling" and some that are "effortless."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced by WGBH Boston in association with PBS. -
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet the Athletes - Swimming | Rudy Garcia-Tolson: "I'm enjoying every moment." | PBS
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Swimmer Rudy Garcia-Tolson looks at the Paralympics as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Garcia-Tolson has been swimming competitively since he was a young boy. He knows how hard athletes must work and talks about what makes it all worthwhile -- his teammates and "getting one inch closer to a gold medal."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEET THE ATHLETE - EQUESTRIAN Wendy Fryke | PBS
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Equestrian Wendy Fryke describes her sport as a combination of floor gymnastics and ballet -- on a horse. Dressage is about that "magic moment" when horse and rider come together, and Wendy says her horse, Lateran, is "a blessing" who changed her life.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEET THE ATHLETES - Swimming | Ileana Rodriguez: "I'm asking you to swim!" | PBS
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Ileana Rodriguez was a dancer in Cuba before a spinal cord injury. "All of us have challenges in our life," she says, as she remembers two teachers who made a difference: the high school coach who saw she was an athlete, and the Paralympics coach who pushed her to top-level competition.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEET THE ATHLETES -- Track & Field | Sabra Hawkes
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Growing up in a small town, according to runner Sabra Hawkes, she didn't know people even had cerebral palsy. She was amazed when the Paralympics "discovered" her. Now she runs the 100m, 200m and 400m, and says "I just like to run so much."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEET THE ATHLETES - Swimming | Jessica Long
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Swimmer Jessica Long won 3 gold medals at the Athens Paralympics at age 12. Then she won 4 gold medals, a silver and a bronze in Beijing at age 16, setting 3 new world records -- and she still felt she'd failed. In this frank video, Long explains the pressures she felt as a teenager, and how she had to fall in love with swimming again.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEET THE ATHLETES - Judo | Dartanyon Crockett: "I set my mind on one goal." | PBS
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Dartanyon Crockett was a high school wrestler, just "a kid from Cleveland," when the U.S. Paralympics Judo team came calling. Moving to Colorado and learning a new sport were hard, but he "fell in love with judo" and is ready for his first Paralympics in London.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEET THE ATHLETES: Shooting | "The Gun Just Became Part of My Body"| PBS
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Shooter Eric Hollen remembers strength training so intense, he held the gun out even when doing his homework. After the strength training, he says, top-level shooting is "90% mental." First he relaxes, then he shoots.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | Classification -- Unique to the Paralympics | "They Measure Every Single Muscle" | PBS
by PBS 797 views
Paralympic experts and athletes explain how competitors are grouped by kinds and levels of disability. The goal: to "level the playing field" so athletes win because they train and compete the hardest, not because they are less disabled.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION? | "London Means Everything To Our Team" | PBS
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As the London Games begin, MEDAL QUEST's Paralympic athletes share their last-minute hopes and fears. "Everyone is as fit as they've ever been, as motivated as they've ever been," says one Paralympian. "They are there to win!"
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | Going for "The Pretty One" | PBS
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Goalball captain Jen Armbruster describes the team's first game at the London Games against a tough Swedish team. Team USA won top honors in Beijing so they have "a target on their backs," Jen says, but they're still aiming for another gold medal: "the pretty one."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "China is our toughest rival" | PBS
by PBS 208 views
The US and China have a rivalry in women's sitting volleyball dating back to the Beijing Games, 2008. In London, the two teams faced off in an early match. USA's Kari Miller and Katie Holloway talk about their preparation and describe the battle.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "I want to take home some hardware." | PBS
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On September 1, the Paralympic judo athletes worked their way from starting rounds to final medals. Myles Porter, competing in the -100 kg class, and Dartanyon Crockett, in the -90 kg group, describe a day they'll never forget.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION? | "I really wanted to get faster." | PBS
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Blake Leeper wasn't satisfied with the silver medal he won at last year's Parapan American Games. He wanted to run faster, and after that competition, he tells MEDAL QUEST, he worked with his prosthetist to make running legs that fit him just perfect."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES| "I set a goal last year." | PBS
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Last year Rudy Garcia-Tolson decided to try to qualify in two Paralympic sports: on the track and in swimming. With heats and qualifying events before the finals, he's competing more than a dozen times in the two weeks of the 2012 Games.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "When the crowd got louder, it fueled me." | PBS
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Cyclist Allison Jones knew she wanted to get to the London Paralympics, even if she had to buy her own ticket and come as a spectator. Instead, she made Team USA and, racing on the first day of the Games, she won America's first medal.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | ALANA NICHOLS: "Medal Quest is awesome!" | PBS
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Wheelchair basketball's Alana Nichols gives MEDAL QUEST a great shout-out. Thanks, Alana! MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | Racing for the 100m Gold | PBS
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The most high-profile race in the Paralympics is the Men's 100m sprint (T44), headlined by South Africa's Oscar Pistorius, called "the fastest man on no legs." The 2012 race challengers included the world record holder, Jonnie Peacock of Great Britain, plus a trio of fast Americans: Blake Leeper, Jerome Singleton, and Richard Browne.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "Crash into them as hard as you can."| PBS
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Andy Cohn and Nicholas Springer of USA Wheelchair Rugby talked to MEDAL QUEST after the US beat Team Great Britain. The crowd was screaming for the hometown heroes, but Cohn says it's just "awesome" to have so many passionate fans and Springer adds, "This is where the excitement begins!"
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "All the hard work -- it all comes together" | PBS
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USA's wheelchair basketball players Paul Schulte and Joseph Chambers talk MEDAL QUEST through their bronze medal match against Great Britain's "really good" players. The hometown crowd was so loud in their support of Team GB, Schulte says, that "You absolutely could not hear."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "I take a lot of pride in the uniform I wear." | PBS
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Exactly a year before the 2012 Paralympic Games, Navy Lt. Bradley Snyder was injured in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. He set a goal of becoming a Paralympic swim champion, so he could continue to "take a lot of pride in the uniform I wear."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "I take a lot of pride in the uniform I wear." | PBS
by PBS 356 views
Exactly a year before the 2012 Paralympic Games, Navy Lt. Bradley Snyder was injured in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. He set a goal of becoming a Paralympic swim champion, so he could continue to "take a lot of pride in the uniform I wear."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "I take a lot of pride in the uniform I wear." | PBS
by PBS 356 views
Exactly a year before the 2012 Paralympic Games, Navy Lt. Bradley Snyder was injured in an IED explosion in Afghanistan. He set a goal of becoming a Paralympic swim champion, so he could continue to "take a lot of pride in the uniform I wear."
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "Just two guys shooting perfect scores" | PBS
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Archers Jeff Fabry and Matt Stutzman knew, going in to the Games, that the competition would be fierce in each of their divisions. Fabry, who releases the arrow with a mouth tab, and Stutzman, who shoots with his feet, fought their way through to the finals -- and two medals for Team USA.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | Preventing a "freeway pile-up" of racers | PBS
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Cheri Blauwet, seven-time Paralympic medalist and now a medical doctor, talks about injuries, athlete classifications, and doping controls. "I loved competing," she tells MEDAL QUEST, and she's proud to be working now to improve rights and health for all individuals with disabilities.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | Two Sisters, One Race | PBS
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For Tatyana McFadden, London 2012 is her third Paralympics, a chance to add even more medals. For her sister Hannah, 15 years old, it's a first-time experience. Their mother says she's already won gold, having these two remarkable athletes as daughters.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest -
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "Anything Is Possiblel!" | PBS
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As the Games end, MEDAL QUEST's Paralympians talk about how welcome they felt in London. The fans "treat me like one of their own," says Dartanyon Crockett, as he and his teammates on Team USA remember the "awesome" competition. "I'm so glad I was here!" says Paul Schulte.
MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: http://pbs.org/medalquest
