First Year for Iraq or Afghanistan Vets in Olympics

No Iraq or Afghanistan veterans were among U.S. disabled athletes in Athens in 2004 or Turin in 2006.

First Iraq Amputee Vet Included In Beijing Paralympics

First Iraq Amputee Vet Included In Beijing Paralympics
April 7, 2008 10:47 p.m. EST



Isabelle Duerme - AHN News Writer
San Diego, Calif. (AHN) - A female war veteran finds herself in the record book as the first war veteran to qualify for the upcoming Beijing Paralymics

Mary Stockwell, an amputee who lost her left leg from a roadside bomb in Baghdad, is part of a team of 18 women forming the U.S. Swim Team which will compete in Beijing.

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Wounded Vet Again Tackles Basic Training

Wounded Vet Again Tackles Basic Training


By Amy ShipleyWashington Post Staff Writer Friday, March 21, 2008; Page A01
COLORADO SPRINGS -- Melissa Stockwell bobbed in the water at one end of the pool at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, peering through swimming goggles at her coach, Jimmy Flowers, on the pool deck. The day's first training session was under way, and Flowers called for a kicking drill.