Team @USNavy / @USCG Fighting Spirit Highlights Opening of 2012 #WarriorGames

Navy, Coast Guard Fighting Spirit Highlights Opening of 2012 Warrior Games

navy.mil 03 May '12, 1pm

Team @USNavy / @USCG Fighting Spirit Highlights Opening of 2012 #WarriorGames

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (NNS) -- Team Navy/Coast Guard kicked off the competition at the 2012 Warrior Games by participating in cycling events at the U.S. Air Force Academy, May 1. The men's 20-km recumbent cycling race brought drama as retired Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Jim Casteneda had one of his tires burst in the first turn of the course. No stranger to overcoming obstacles with limited mobility in one leg resulting from a 2007 stroke, he chose to not let the failure of the bicycle overcome his determination to finish. "I kept thinking about my son and I wanted to show him to keep trying," Casteneda said. With his son serving as inspiration, Casteneda continued pedaling over the more than ten remaining miles. Even when the strength in his one strong leg was exhausted, he willed himself to fight up and down the hills of the course. Several times race officials asked if...

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