Andre Kajlich was a 24 year old student living in Prague in 2003 when he was run over by a train and lost both legs above the knee. He has since become one of the world’s most decorated endurance athletes by winning the Ironman World Championship in the Handcycle Division, completing the Ultraman World Championship,…
Daniel Romanchuk is 20 years old and just became the youngest racing chair Boston Marathon champion and the first American champion in that division since the great Jim Knaub won his fifth title there way back in 1993. What did Daniel do to back up that performance? Win the London Marathon two weeks later. …
Editor’s Note: I wrote this about David Bailey as part of our pre-race coverage of the 2009 Ironman World Championship It was the day after the 2008 Ironman World Championship. David Bailey, who had been one of the best motocross athletes on the planet before he was paralyzed, was barreling down the Queen Ka’ahumanu…
For three years, from 1998-2000, former Navy SEAL Carlos Moleda and motocross legend David Bailey went head-to-head in Kona in the handcycle division. Moleda had been paralyzed when he was shot in the back during a mission in Panama. Bailey was a legend in the sport of motocross and at the top of his game…
Oz Sanchez was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident right after leaving the Marines to become a Navy SEAL. With the help and support of CAF’s Operation Rebound, Oz has been to three Paralympic games racing his handcycle and has won two golds, two silvers, and two bronze medals. “CAF paid for the medal,” he insisted.…
Alex Zanardi won two CART titles back in 1997 and 1998, raced Formula 1 and then, after losing both legs in a horrific crash in 2001, came back to auto racing before getting into handcycling and winning two Paralympic gold medals in London. He also went to Kona and went 9:47 at the Ironman Triathlon World…
“I am just a boy from Belgium,” says Marc Herremans. But he is so much more. He was sixth in Kona at the Ironman World Championship in his debut in 2001, but was paralyzed in training early in 2002. His journey back to Kona to complete and finally win that race in a handcycle is…
It was early evening on August 14, 2014. Juan Carlos Vinolo decided against riding his bike on the coast because it would be safer to ride the one-way loop around Fiesta Island, near Sea World in San Diego. The island is the birthplace of the sport of triathlon and the go-to spot for weekday evening…
When Glenn Hartrick got into endurance sports back in 2006, he jumped in 1000%, going from participating in eight events in 2007 to 36 events in 2012 and a total of 157 events overall. In June 2014 he was paralyzed when he was hit by a car while on his bike, but the December 2012…