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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 | "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 | "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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