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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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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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