Sports, 3rd prize
Adaptive Athlete
Darren Calabrese
18 September, 2016
CrossFit athlete Lindsay Hilton rests with her boyfriend Matt Melanson, whom she met playing rugby, another of her sporting passions.
Lindsay Hilton, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada is dedicated to CrossFit, despite having been born with no arms or legs. CrossFit is a fitness regime that draws on such sports as high-intensity interval training, weightlifting and gymnastics. Hilton participates in grueling workouts using equipment she has adapted using everyday hardware materials—this proved simpler and cheaper than trying to find equipment on the internet. Hilton juggled her intensive training regime with work, life and coaching commitments in order to qualify for the Adaptive Seated RX division of the international CrossFit fitness festival. She finished in the top five in the category.
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