[AMP-L] Caitlin Conner Thinks Amputees Should Be Speed Skating

[Wayne Renardson]

via Amplitude:

If it weren´t for COVID, Caitlin Conner might have become the first 
American leg amputee to step onto the ice in speed skates. 

That´s been her objective since 2019, when she recruited an engineering 
professor and a team of undergraduates to design a racing skate for her 
prosthetic leg.  

Then the pandemic sent everybody home, and the project went into cold 
storage for 18 months. By the time the finished prototype arrived last 
December, she´d been lapped: A Marine veteran named Annika Hutsler 
had posted video of herself blading across a rink. Courtesy Caitlin 
Conner    

If Conner felt any disappointment, it passed quickly. When it comes to  
speed skating, her mantra is: The more amputees, the merrier. 

The rest of the story, with photo, here:  

https://tinyurl.com/ydh4yv8c

More from Ms. Connor:

"Caitlin Conner Rocks the Rex Factor," September 16, 2020

"Amputee Clothing Gets a Life From Uniteable," March 3, 2021

Wayne R.