This is a touching story about two disabled athletes. I saw a story about them some years ago but this video completes their story: One is legally blind while the other lost his legs in a train accident. The continuation of their story is about their relationship with the reporter who became a part of their lives. 

Another interesting part about the story is that the visually impaired wrestler became interested in judo in college and he was coached by my former student Scott Moore who is a multi-medal winning paralympian himself. In this video, as the young wrestler goes to the paralympics, you will see Scott--the coach with albinism-- with him.  

I'm thankful to Scott who shared this video with us on our LSVI alum page on Facebook.  After viewing it, I know that you will be, too!

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9454322/why-stayed

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Ahead of the pack

High school track athlete doesn't let visual impairment stop him from running
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/sports/ahead-of-the-pack

Blindness Dpesn't Slow This Runner

The son of two migrant workers in Arizona, Gabino Lares as a child was looking at a relatively predictable adulthood. He would work hard, cherish his family and the country that seemed to offer more opportunity than the one his parents had left.


No one could have imagined what happened when he was 14.


School was out for the year. Gabino had left middle school behind, and was looking forward to a summer of baseball, baseball and more baseball. He was a pitcher.

And then during an early summer game, "a line drive up the middle caught the corner of my eye," Lares said. The head injury caused damage to his optic nerve, which sends messages from both eyes to the brain, resulting in what we simplistically call vision.

Although he was hit near his left eye, "my right eye thinks it's hurt too," Lares said. "Overnight, I was blind."

Specifically, his vision is measured at 20/800 in one eye and 20/1,000 in the other. In the United States, legal blindness is defined as 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet). He more than qualified.


For about six months after the accident, he said, he did almost nothing.

And then he began running. "Out of rage."

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The rest of the article can be found at this link:
http://www.news-press.com/article/20110125/HEALTH/101250309/1013/LIFESTYLES/Blindness-doesn-t-slow-this-runner

Deaf-Blind Runners Prove They are Like Anybody Else

http://www.newsleader.com/article/20100406/SPORTS/4060323/Deaf-blind-runners-prove-they-re-just-like-anyone-else

Learning Blind Faith

From : Ms. Kathy
This is a story about the fastest blind runner and the mentoring he is doing for children.