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From Death’s Door to the Medal Podium – NYTimes.com
From Death’s Door to the Medal Podium – NYTimes.com Twenty-six years after a near-fatal bicycle accident left her comatose for two months and with permanent brain injuries, the saleswoman, Barbara Buchan, performs many actions more slowly than others. But on Wednesday in Beijing, she did one thing in world-record time. Buchan, at 52 the oldest…