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SCI Superstar: Muffy Davis
Injured in Sun Valley, Utah in when she was just 16, Muffy Davis was on the US Development Olympic Ski Team with dreams of gold. After a few years out of athletics, she discovered sit-skiing and hand-cycling and has won 7 Paralympic gold medals since. Now a wife since '04 and a mom since '09, Muffy's set on making all her dreams come true.
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SCI Superstar: Sonja Gaudet
Meet the world's best curler in a wheelchair: Sonja Gaudet - wife, mother and two-time Paralympic gold medalist - on SPINALpedia! Now 48 and at her third winter games in Sochi, see how she's made thriving her minion.
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SCI Superstar: Tatyana McFadden
A decorated Paralympic wheelchair racer who's been competing since she was 14, and the winner of the three BIG marathons last year - NYC, Boston and London - learn the awesome story of Tatyana McFadden on SPINALpedia, adopted from Russia at the age of 6 by a US aid worker who's now trying out Nordic skiing (adapted cross-country skiing) at Sochi next month. And she's only 24!
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The Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies are tonight! Check out three videos from SPINALpedia on how Sochi has gotten the city ready for wheelchair-users when it comes to accessibility and at the venues AND how they've integrated gorgeous wheelchair dancers into the opening ceremonies. Check out their dress rehearsal video, and the rest of the awesome videos below.
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Wheelchair Curling: Inexpensive Universal Fun
One of the cheapest Paralympic sports you can pursue (you can even use your regular everyday chair when you play), here are three videos from SPINALpedia profiling the sloth-esque sport that's all about precision - wheelchair curling.