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Author: | rogers park bryan [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
http://thechive.com/2011/12/09/paralympian-un-paralyzed-by-crash-10-photos/ ![]() Paralympic silver-medalist Monique van der Vorst has been paralyzed from the hip down since she was 13 years old. During a routine surgical procedure on her ankle, Van Der Vorst suffered nerve damage which resulted in her paralysis, and ended her up-and-coming career in tennis and hockey. Keeping her athletic spirit alive, she turned to the sport of handcycling and within a few years was on her way to the 2008 Beijing Paralympics where she won two silver medals. While training for the 2012 London Paralympics, Van Der Vorst was struck by a bicycle and knocked from her chair. During her recovery, she miraculously began to regain feeling in her legs. She took her first steps in July 2010, saying she felt “like a child learning to walk again.” She has now taken up cycling and is training to compete in the next Olympics. Doctors still have no explanation as to how she regained the use of her legs. |
Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:48 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
That's pretty cool. |
Author: | rogers park bryan [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:51 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
Terry's Peeps wrote: That's pretty cool. Seriously....that's awesome. Although how she was paralyzed is fuckin scary. |
Author: | Ugueth Will Shiv You [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:55 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
Busted! |
Author: | Big Chicagoan [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:58 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
Was she really paralyzed, or was she just pretending to be to beat up on handicapped people in the paralympics? ![]() |
Author: | Frank Coztansa [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
I would. |
Author: | Hawg Ass [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
Very nice shoutout, way to go RPB!! ![]() ![]() |
Author: | stoneroses86 [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
![]() Sadly, the hair follicles in her forehead area apparently remain paralyzed. |
Author: | Phil McCracken [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:25 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
stoneroses86 wrote: ![]() Sadly, the hair follicles in her forehead area apparently remain paralyzed. ![]() |
Author: | Brick [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:26 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
If I was paralyzed, and I could become un-paralyzed by cycling, I would choose to stay paralyzed. |
Author: | Bagels [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:28 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
Boilermaker Rick wrote: If I was paralyzed, and I could become un-paralyzed by cycling, I would choose to stay paralyzed. even if it meant getting a shoutout from Mofo? |
Author: | Hawg Ass [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:28 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
Boilermaker Rick wrote: If I was paralyzed, and I could become un-paralyzed by cycling, I would choose to stay paralyzed. Why do you like to piss of MOFO? ![]() |
Author: | Krazy Ivan [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:37 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
John Locke wrote: Big fuckin' deal.
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Author: | Terry's Peeps [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:39 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
Krazy Ivan wrote: John Locke wrote: Big fuckin' deal. ![]() |
Author: | good dolphin [ Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:19 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Paralympian Unparalyzed by Crash! |
I promise you she finds a husband and spends her eveings bitching about her feet hurting and how she needs a foot massage. |
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