Medal Quest | Clip | Mackenzie Soldan: “Everyone was cheering!”
Wheelchair tennis player Mackenzie Soldan was surprised, at the Parapan American Games, by her own reaction: “It hit me, I’m playing for my country.” It was a tough start for Soldan, as she lost the first set. “I kind of choked a bit,” she admits. But she talks about what it took to claw her way back up – and the emotional finish to the game.
0:03:29 | AIRED: 4/18/2012 |
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Mackenzie Soldan: “Everyone was cheering!”
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MEDAL QUEST shares the stories of Paralympic athletes and follows them to the Paralympic Games. Competing individually and in teams, in sports that range from biathlon and sled hockey in the Winter Games, to judo and wheelchair rugby in Summer, these American athletes personify the grit, the strategy, and the skill it takes to go for the gold.
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