Just about every day, Stevin Creeggan trains for international competition in three sports. Four to six times a week, he hits the gym for 90 minutes. He gets on his bike five to six days a week — 30 minutes each time. His wheelchair basketball team meets three hours a week for practice and a game. Because he’s new to that sport, he’ll spend an additional two to three hours working on his own. In between, he fits in archery practice, learning to shoot with his stronger but nondominant left hand.
With surprising cheerfulness, Anna Grimaldi recounts the years of aggravation her weight-training sessions used to cause her. Born without a right hand, Grimaldi couldn’t securely grip a bar with a standard prosthetic, making it impossible to do the same kind of squats and other exercises that track athletes rely on to build leg strength. “It was quite frustrating on my end, because I knew what I needed but I had nowhere to go to get it,” the 22-year-old long jumper says.
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