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.
Judo fighter Myles Porter talks about his rival and nemesis -- and off-court friend – Brazil’s Antonio Tenorio da Silva, and about what drives him to compete. Antonio da Silva is the reigning Paralympic judo champion, the first to win gold medals at four consecutive Summer Games. Myles Porter knows how hard he’ll have to work to beat da Silva in London.
Paralympic sprinter, long jump competitor and U.S. Army veteran Kortney Clemons talks about the IED that took his right leg and killed three of his friends in Iraq. Paralympicsports, he says, are just like the Olympics: "a very big deal."
Paralympic cyclist Greta Neimanas takes us through her “full time job” – the tough training for the Games. It’s a roller-coaster of ups and downs, with days that are “grueling” and some that are "effortless."
MEDAL QUEST kicks off with an introduction to “the best athletes in the world” – the elite athletes of the Paralympic Games. Competing in sports as different as wheelchair basketball, archery, judo, cycling, and more, these American athletes personify the grit, the strategy, and the skill it takes to go for the gold.
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