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Disabled athletes from the Brazilian race tricampeonato New York Marathon
Besides him, the Brazilian delegation of disabled athletes, will have eight runners who will travel a total of 42 km around the center of U.S. financial
Next Sunday, November 7, the amputee marathoner Edson Dantas will compete for the third championship marathon in New York from over 100,000 participants. Besides him, the Brazilian delegation of disabled athletes, will have eight runners who will travel a total of 42 km around the center of U.S. finance.
The marathon runner, who at 44 years of age with good results, run with a special prosthesis: a new blade race coming from Germany, 1C2. This is a prosthesis made of carbon fiber, integrated with a lightweight system that, besides giving more freedom in the past during races, propulsion system offers a superior to conventional equipment, which has provided a performance and even better physical condition the Disabled athletes.
Titles such as the victory of St. Sylvester for four consecutive years and the New York Marathon in 2008 and 2009 are some of the achievements of Edison, which this year also won the Award Senses, receiving the trophy for "poor performance in sports, the awards is already considered the Oscar of fighting for the rights of disabled people in Brazil.
Life History
In 1992, during a 'trawler', he was pushed off the train he was traveling, and this incident cost him the amputation of his right leg. After what happened in the sport he found the path to transcendence.
"While God gives me life and health, I'm always running. Running for life, "says the athlete. Today, Edison is considered one of the best Brazilian athletes with lower limb amputation, at distances of 5,000 and 10,000 meters.
Recently, also became four times champion of São Silvestre Race championship and won the Hope & Possibility. Professional runner for more than ten years, Edson brings together more than three records relating to the Porto Alegre Marathon and Half Marathon Corpore São Paulo, both in 2007.
Source: FinalSports