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Paralympic Skier Ricci Kilgore-Ailes

Published March 15, 2010 at 5:00 AM PDT

Ricci Kilgore was 19 and aiming for the Summer Olympics in pole vault, when a car accident crushed that dream. But that didn't stop Ricci. She's now heading to Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Paralympics, and she's got a new dream: gold on the ski slopes. We talk to the Reno native about speeding down a mountain on one ski, and about her side hobbies: kayaking, horse-riding and playing with fire.
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Ricci Kilgore-Ailes, alpine skier, U.S. Paralympics Alpine Skiing National Team

2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games

US Paralympic Team

US Paralympic Team: Ricci Kilgore-Ailes's biography

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