No American has done it in 12 years, but Tatyana McFadden is giving it a go at the Rio Paralympics.
McFadden is entered in seven track and field events, a total of 12 races in 11 days traversing 58,195 meters (or 63,000 football fields). The wheelchair racer believes it’s possible to win them all. No American has bagged seven golds at a single Paralympics since 2004.
“It’s definitely going to be one of the greatest challenges I face in athletics,” said McFadden, a 27-year-old who swept the Boston, Chicago, London and New York City Marathons in 2013, 2014 and 2015.