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MEDAL QUEST | MEET THE ATHLETES: Shooting | "The Gun Just Became Part of My Body"| PBS | PBS
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... 04:05
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MEDAL QUEST | MEET THE ATHLETES - Judo | Dartanyon Crockett: "I set my mind on one goal." | PBS
Dartanyon Crockett was a high school wrestler, just "a kid from Cleveland," when the US Paralympics Judo team came calling. Moving to Colorado and learning a new sport were hard, but he "fell in... 03:10
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MEDAL QUEST | MEET THE ATHLETE - EQUESTRIAN Wendy Fryke | PBS
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... 03:38
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet the Athletes - Swimming | Rudy Garcia-Tolson: "I'm enjoying every moment." | PBS
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... 03:14
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet the Athletes - Archery | "I can represent my country again." | PBS
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 US in international competition, and to... 03:17
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MEDAL QUEST | What Makes a Champion? | "The Stakes are Definitely Higher with Athletes" | PBS
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... 04:12
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet The Athletes | "We had to win!" | PBS
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... 03:20
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Jeff Fabry | "I'm Looking to Make A Statement" | PBS
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... 03:12
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MEDAL QUEST | Rivals | "It's a Finesse Game" | PBS
"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... 04:02
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MEDAL QUEST | What Makes a Champion? | Competitive Spirit | PBS
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... 03:13
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Katy Sullivan | "London is everything!" | PBS
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... 04:14
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Alana Nichols | "My competitive spirit kicked in." | PBS
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... 02:53
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Mackenzie Soldan | "Everyone was cheering!" | PBS
Wheelchair tennis player Mackenzie Soldan talks us through last year's gold-medal match against teammate Emmy Kaiser in Gualajara, Mexico. Soldan was surprised, at the Parapan American Games, by... 03:36
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MEDAL QUEST | Meet Paul Schulte | "And we shoot 3-pointers, too!" | PBS
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... 02:36
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MEDAL QUEST | Rivalries | Blake Leeper: "I want to beat him. Point. Blank. Period." | PBS
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... 02:40
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