She still dreams about Paralympic gold

San Juan : Argentina | Aug 28, 2012 at 7:25 AM PDT

Source: The Orange County Register

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Every kid dreams the Olympic dream, and Sarah Reinertsen was no different. But being the only kid with a physical disability in her school, Reinertsen couldn't deny that, in some ways, she was different. She was born with proximal femoral focal deficiency, meaning her left leg was considerably shorter... FULL ARTICLE AT The Orange County Register

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