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U.S. wins 2009 Sledge Challenge

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USA Hockey - November 24, 2009 Taylor Chace scored the championship-winning shorthanded goal six minutes into overtime to give the U.S. a 3-2 victory over Canada in the final game of the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge.   Read More | More News
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Ralph Green U.S. Paralympic Team

A somewhat lackluster performance at the 2006 Paralympic Winter Games in Torino has left Ralph Green wanting more and looking to prove himself as one of the world's best as he works to qualify for the 2010 Games in Vancouver. More

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Jerrod Fields

U.S. Paralympic Team

Participating in sports all throughout high school and in college at Tennessee State, Army Sergeant Jerrod Fields was looking for a way to remain active after losing his leg in an IED explosion in Iraq. Even though he had no previous experience running track, he was quickly hooked on the sport after attending a USOC Paralympic Military Sports Camp.  A member of the Army's World Class Athlete Program (WCAP), a program for active duty soldiers, Fields is now training in hopes to make the trip to London for the 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Sean Halsted

U.S. Paralympic Team

U.S. Air Force veteran Sean Halsted was injured after falling 40 feet out of a helicopter, while on a fastrope.  An active guy, he couldn't bare to lose sports and found Nordic skiing after attending a Veterans Administration Winter Sports Clinic in 2001.  Halsted has been a member of the national team for three years and is hoping to make his first U.S. Paralympic Team in 2010.

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Casey Tibbs

U.S. Paralympic Team

In 2004, Petty Officer First Class Tibbs (U.S. Navy) made history by becoming the first American active-duty military member to compete in a Paralympic Games. He topped off the achievement with two medals:  silver in the pentathlon and gold in the men's 4x100m relay. Tibbs took gold in the pentathlon at the 2006 IPC Athletics World Championships, and looked to repeat at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China. Although Tibbs did not capture a medal in pentathlon, he won gold in the 4 x 100m relay (T42-T46) and a bronze in the long jump (F42/F44).

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Oz Sanchez

U.S. Paralympic Team

Oscar Sanchez, also known as "Oz," suffered damage to the L1 nerves in his lower back as the result of a motorcycle accident in 2001. After going through rehabilitation, he was introduced to handcycling, and he quickly developed the urge to compete. Through local marathons, he was able to meet Paralympians Alejandro Albor, Greg Hockensmith and Seth Arseneau, who were all able to tell Sanchez about competitions on a much larger level.

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