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Learning precision in wheelchair curling: Coloradan Pam Wilson heads to Paralympics

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Pam Wilson Paralympics Paralympian curling wheelchair
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Dr. Pam Wilson is a pediatric rehabilitation specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She’s also a member of the wheelchair curling team in the Beijing Paralympics.

Dr. Pam Wilson, a doctor who specializes in pediatric rehabilitation at Children's Hospital Colorado, represents the U.S. in Paralympics as part of the wheelchair curling team. She explains her long competitive sports career after the accident that damaged her spinal chord, and what it means to be a 66-year-old competing at an elite level.

She's one of 10 Coloradans competing for gold in Beijing.