The New York Times reports about 52-year-old Barbara Buchan, who took the gold in cycling at the Paralympics Sept. 10 and is the oldest U.S. Paralympian in Beijing: "Twenty-six years after a near-fatal bicycle accident left her comatose for two months and with permanent brain injuries, the saleswoman, Barbara Buchan (right), performs many actions more slowly than others. But on Wednesday in Beijing, she did one thing in world-record time. Buchan, at 52 the oldest member of the United States Paralympic team, broke the record and won the gold medal for her disability class in the individual 3,000-meter cycling pursuit. For a woman who has lived without a quarter of her left-temporal brain and with serious physical and cognitive problems since her accident in 1982 while competing for a spot on the United States cycling team, the moment capped a remarkable comeback that has lasted longer than many of her competitors have been alive."Read the rest of the story here.
