15-03-2018 16:55 via ottawacitizen.com

The ultimate goalball: Visually impaired Algonquin student aims for 2020 Paralympics

You may never have heard of goalball, but Algonquin student Gen Hart is hoping the sport is her ticket to the 2020 Paralympic games.
Hart, 21, was born with Wagner syndrome, a genetic and progressive disease that causes vision loss. Hart began to lose her sight at age seven and says she endured some 50 operations until she lost her vision completely at 14.
When she was sighted, the Orléans native played soccer, baseball and basketball and loved the camaraderie of team sports. Goalball, sh
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