Comments on: Swimming Without Legs: 3 Inspiring Athletes

By: Lemon

Lemon — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:00:20 +0000

A friend of mine from high school was an amputee who swam. Though he eventually died from his cancer, he was very inspiring. Here’s the video about him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ctji8L5IKI

By: hi

hi — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:33:31 +0000

omg! i feel so bad for that little girl, and was so inspired from jessica long that im writing a paper on her!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:11:06 +0000

My goodness, what inspiration. I used to swim all the time, about 5 times a week, when I was little. After I hurt my leg (permanently losing some use in it), I stopped swimming. That really makes me look bad, considering I at least have some leg left.

Meh, reminds me of the time I was looking for mods so I could ride a motorcycle (I settled on just getting a scooter). I found this one video of this guy who’s a paraplegic who races motorcycles — without any mods. He shifts gears by reaching down. Talk about guts, huh?

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:07:29 +0000

Wow…

By: Lucas Grossi

Lucas Grossi — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:13:23 +0000

Thanks for the info on some truly inspiring athletes from around the world.

Readers who enjoyed this might also enjoy a short video that allows several adaptive snowboarders to tell their stories over at the Original Gimp.