THE FASTEST THING ON ONE LEG
Just back from a "running lesson" with Marlon Shirley, who's officially the fastest amputee in the world.
With the aid of his Ossur Cheetah prosthesis, last year he became the first amputee to break the 11-second barrier in the 100 metres, running a time of 10.97 seconds.
Marlon lost his foot after falling under a lawn mower at the age of five.
He'll be going for gold in four events and will be hoping to add to the gold and silver medals he won four years ago in Sydney.
We recorded a number of pieces for use in the days ahead -- of which more details to follow.
Read more about Marlon's amazing story here and here.
Just back from a "running lesson" with Marlon Shirley, who's officially the fastest amputee in the world.
With the aid of his Ossur Cheetah prosthesis, last year he became the first amputee to break the 11-second barrier in the 100 metres, running a time of 10.97 seconds.
Marlon lost his foot after falling under a lawn mower at the age of five.
He'll be going for gold in four events and will be hoping to add to the gold and silver medals he won four years ago in Sydney.
We recorded a number of pieces for use in the days ahead -- of which more details to follow.
Read more about Marlon's amazing story here and here.
posted by Stuart at 16:02
1 Comments:
"Just back from a "running lesson" with Marlon Shirley, who's officially the fastest amputee in the world."
From the starting point, the picture looks great. But what was your score at the finish line? :-)
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