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Article content “If it was easy,” he says, “everyone would do it.” Such is the philosophy of the singular Mike Trauner, a former Canadian soldier grievously wounded in Afghanistan, who’s about to compete for a spot in the Tokyo Paralympic Games. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Wounded Afghan vet aims for Tokyo Paralympics Back to video Trauner, 41, lost both lower legs to a buried bomb that was detonated as he passed over it during a foot patrol west of Kandahar on Dec. 5, 2008. He’s undergone 18 surgeries since then, battled through...

Article content “If it was easy,” he says, “everyone would do it.” Such is the philosophy of the singular Mike Trauner, a former Canadian soldier grievously wounded in Afghanistan, who’s about to compete for a spot in the Tokyo Paralympic Games. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Wounded Afghan vet aims for Tokyo Paralympics Back to video Trauner, 41, lost both lower legs to a buried bomb that was detonated as he passed over it during a foot patrol west of Kandahar on Dec. 5, 2008. He’s undergone 18 surgeries since then, battled thro...