Egyptian athlete seeks out Urbana trainers in wheelchair racing
March 10, 2023 Mae Antar Hoda Elshorbagy trains at the DRES gym in Champaign with a volunteer spotter on March 2. Elshorbagy came from Egypt in Jan...
March 12, 2023
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March 10, 2023 Mae Antar Hoda Elshorbagy trains at the DRES gym in Champaign with a volunteer spotter on March 2. Elshorbagy came from Egypt in January to train in wheelchair racing. By Mae Antar An Egyptian woman traveled to Urbana, Illinois, alone in January to train alongside Paralympic medalists in wheelchair racing. Hoda Elshorbagy began using a wheelchair after an Egyptian doctor administered her the polio vaccine as an infant, which gave her polio and left her paralyzed below her waist.
Mae Antar