NEW YORK, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — On April 26, 2021, World Athletics denied American double-amputee track-and-field athlete Blake Leeper’s application seeking approval to compete in World ...

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Harry and Kathe Deitzler, fifth and sixth from left, donated $5,000 in October to the nonprofit Amputee Center. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — The Deitzler Foundation recently contributed $5,000 to ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Double amputee, Mandy Horvath, has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain in the world. The total ...

Check out the USA Patriots outfield and you’ll see what makes this softball team different from any other. Four guys patrol the outfield, and between them they have four legs, seven arms and one ...

KATY – Amputees have what they call an “ampu-versary,” a date when they celebrate how far they’ve come since losing a limb. At this week’s Katy triathlon, Samantha Gower will celebrate her one-year ...

SHAYNA: NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIVE MORGAN STICKNEY FEELS MOST AT HOME IN THE WATER. >> I STARTED SWIMMING WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD AND I SUCKED. SHAYNA: HER DAD REMEMBERS IT IN GENTLER TERMS. >> I CALLED HER ...

COLUMBIA, Tenn. — Greg Kroeker couldn't stop staring at the man with the unusual prosthetic leg in front of him at Lowe's. The leg has a "C"-shaped piece of hard-yet-bouncy plastic between the knee ...

CHICO – April is National Limb Loss Awareness Month and Amputee Outreach, a nonprofit peer support organization, is hosting its first in-person group support meeting in more than a year. “Just like ...

Yvonne Llanes already knew her strength -- and her community. Even before her stage two breast cancer diagnosis in 2020, Yvonne Llanes knew her strength -- and her community. Llanes, who was first ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - A Slocomb woman was in a life threatening accident in February where she lost a left limb. Over the last two months Kelli McAllister has had to adjust her life as a new amputee.

CANTON, Ma. (WJAR) – A woman in Rhode Island who lost her leg in an accident five months ago is still adjusting to life without a limb. A group of women from 6 Fit Studios in Canton, Massachusetts ...