Brian Mckeever will compete and make history!

I posted earlier that Brian Mckeever was attempting to compete in both the Olympic and Paralympic games this winter.  Well it is now official he has quallified to be a part of the Canadian Cross Country Olympic team.  Brian is 30 years old and suffers from Stargardts disease.  Here is an excerpt from the article.

The 30-year-old Canmore, Alta., resident will be selected to Canada's Olympic cross-country ski team on Friday, making him the first athlete to compete at both the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Mr. McKeever, who suffers from Stargardt's disease and is legally blind, stamped his double pass to Whistler by winning an able-bodied 50-kilometre Haywood NorAm race last month in Canmore. The race was one of four Olympic trials established by Cross Country Canada.

We'll be rooting for him, (even though he's Canadian).

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