Three years after suffering a spinal injury Darwin Holmes strikes gold

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Three years after suffering a spinal injury Darwin Holmes strikes gold
By Rick Brewer
Record Staff Writer
Published Tuesday, August 3, 2004

STOCKTON -- Darwin Holmes pushes himself. And pushes himself.

And pushes himself.

Arms, shoulders and hands are his only modes of transportation.

Holmes is a wheelchair-bound athlete who recently won two gold medals and one silver medal at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games in St. Louis. Competing in the Class III paraplegic races -- for those whose spinal cord injuries are in the middle of their back -- Holmes touched first in the 50-yard freestyle and completed the wheelchair slalom course faster than his competitors.

He finished second in the exhibition sport Slalom Super G. According to www.wheelchairgames.com, Slalom Super G is a longer obstacle course that features different size ramps, orange cones, slopes, textured surfaces and
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