Lex Gillette: “I get to my 16th step and I jump.”

Name: Lex Gillette: “I get to my 16th step and I jump.”
Uploaded: 2012-05-23T13:51:00Z
Duration: P189S
Description: Vision-impaired athlete Lex Gillette competes in four Paralympic sports, two in jumping and two in running. Lex talks about losing his vision as a young boy and says, “We had to figure out how we were going to move on from that.” In this video he shows MEDAL QUEST how he sets up for his tremendous flying jumps.

Clip: Season 1 | 3m 9s | Video has closed captioning.

Vision-impaired athlete Lex Gillette competes in four Paralympic sports, two in jumping and two in running. Lex talks about losing his vision as a young boy and says, “We had to figure out how we were going to move on from that.” In this video he shows MEDAL QUEST how he sets up for his tremendous flying jumps.

Aired: 05/22/12

Rating: NR

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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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