Synovial Sarcoma Survivor Wins 2 Medals in 2012 Paralympics

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Kelly Cartwright lost her leg to synovial sarcoma in 2004. She just won the gold medal for the Long Jump and the silver medal for the 100m.

Here she talks about her disease and how it lead her to athletics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K1jMfkT90c

Here is a video about her training where she explains the difference between her regular prosthetic leg and her athletic prosthetic leg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyyTg7Ez4fw

Here is an interview after she won the gold medal for the long jump:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ubqz0TQ1G0