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MEDAL QUEST | WHAT MAKES A CHAMPION? | "I really wanted to get faster." | PBS

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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 prosthetist to make running legs that fit him just perfect." MEDAL QUEST offers an unprecedented look into these high-stake games and the athletes that play them, and is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston in association with the US Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. More at: ?pbs.org

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Post Date: September 5, 2012