They possess the desired talent, confidence and most importantly the will to succeed in all they do; they are short of nothing at all.
All life, when fit they trained rigorously for the toughest of terrains and combats - served the nations call and even today, when they are down lingering with disability, they have the zeal to think more of the imbibed abilities than the suffered disabilities, in response to the nations call.
The U.S. soldiers who lost their limbs etc. in Iraq or Afghanistan have been called upon by the nation for duty of a different kind - in prospect of increasing the medal tally in the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, these soldiers athletes will undergo additional training under two new programs, at four Olympic resident training centers as part of the Veterans Paralympic Performance Program.
The second program of the Disabled Sports USA’s Wounded Warrior Project will be held in Rockville, Maryland, and will include over 60 training centers in alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, cycling, golf, canoeing, kayaking, scuba, rock climbing, water skiing, athletics and other sports.
Paralympics in Beijing are scheduled for the 6-17 of September in 2008.
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