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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "Anything Is Possiblel!" | PBS
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... 03:40
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | Two Sisters, One Race | PBS
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... 04:05
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | Preventing a "freeway pile-up" of racers | PBS
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... 03:29
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "I take a lot of pride in the uniform I wear." | PBS
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... 03:15
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "All the hard work -- it all comes together" | PBS
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... 03:59
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "Crash into them as hard as you can."| PBS | PBS
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... 03:37
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | Racing for the 100m Gold | PBS
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... 03:55
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "When the crowd got louder, it fueled me." | PBS
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... 03:37
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES| "I set a goal last year." | PBS
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... 03:28
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MEDAL QUEST | WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION? | "I really wanted to get faster." | PBS
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... 03:25
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "I want to take home some hardware." | PBS
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,... 03:45
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | "China is our toughest rival" | PBS
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... 03:57
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MEDAL QUEST | MEDAL QUEST AT THE GAMES | Going for "The Pretty One" | PBS
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... 04:06
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MEDAL QUEST | WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION? | "London Means Everything To Our Team" | PBS
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... 03:21
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MEDAL QUEST | Classification -- Unique to the Paralympics | "They Measure Every Single Muscle" | PBS
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... 03:09
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