Medal Quest

Blake Leeper: “I really wanted to get faster.”

Clip: Season 1 | 3m 17s

Blake Leeper wasn’t satisfied with the silver medal he won at last year’s Parapan American Games. He wanted to run faster, and after that competition, he tells MEDAL QUEST, he worked with his prosthetist to make running legs that fit him just perfect.”

Aired: 09/04/12 | Rating: NR

Funding for MEDAL QUEST is provided by Bruce C., Conner, Alex, and Lynn Bay Dayton, the Gordon and Llura Gund Foundation, No Limits Media, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS Viewers.

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• “Thank you, London”

  Clip: S1 | 3m 33s

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