CNN CNN Newsroom Live August 9, 2015 08:47:00
Challenging. our reporter speaks to two hoping to defy the odds. >> training for an olympic try agenta-thon is grueling rled world. for cristina challenges start when she gets up in the morning s at 18, while trying to fix the tv antenna on her roof, she touched a high voltage wire. i was in the hospital for three months she says. i lost both hands, my right leg and the toes on my left foot. as part of her recovery, she started to swim. that was when she met brazilian marathon runner paloomeda. she started running sprints. without hands to push off with, she would never be competitive. once i ...