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🗓️ 13 December 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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0:00.0 | Behind me is a picture of Betsy, the wonder dog. |
0:05.9 | She had the skill set to pull my wheelchair and pick the things up that I dropped or turn |
0:09.4 | on lights and just be a great companion. |
0:12.9 | And I saw people mountain biking with their dogs and I thought, well, maybe if I can |
0:17.6 | relearn the ability to stand and walk and maybe I can bike and I did learn to stand |
0:23.4 | and I did learn to walk and I did get on a bike and Betsy was the whole motivation |
0:27.2 | behind that. |
0:30.7 | Meg Fisher is one of the greatest parapsychless in the world and she attributes her passion |
0:35.7 | for cycling to her first service dog, Betsy. |
0:39.7 | 20 years ago, Meg was in a car accident that changed the course of her life. |
0:44.7 | She went from being a division 1 tennis player to losing her mobility with the amputation |
0:49.8 | of her lower left leg. |
0:51.5 | It's been a long road to recovery. |
0:54.2 | But now, Meg is broken countless records, won every color medal you could dream of and |
0:59.6 | she's an 11 time world champion. |
1:03.8 | I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth living, an R.I. co-op studios production. |
1:15.1 | Meg started competing as a cyclist in 2005 when she did a 24 hour mountain bike race for |
1:20.8 | the first time. |
1:22.2 | A few years later, she competed in her first road race. |
1:26.6 | To say that she's good is putting it simply, Meg has won title after title. |
1:32.6 | She's done training camps all over the U.S. as well as in London and in Rio. |
1:37.4 | As Meg travels to camps and competitions, there are two pieces of gear she has to have. |
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