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Profile of a Paralympian: What does it take to make the team in 2012?

June 15, 2012
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For this week’s post, I wanted to provide an up close look at what it takes to make the Canadian Paralympic Team in 2012. I’ve been conducting a series of interviews with AthletesFirst readers and (to my surprise!) I’m finding out that many readers actually don’t have a direct connection to Paralympic sport — they stumbled across the […]

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