Blind, Paralyzed Athlete Sets Olympic Standard for Optimism

If there were an Olympic event for never giving up and always staying optimistic, Mark Pollock would be a front-runner for gold.
Blind, Paralyzed Athlete Sets Olympic Standard for Optimism
Former Ireland and Manchester United midfielder Paul McGrath passing the Olympic flame to Mark Pollock, on Dublin's Macken Street Martin Murphy/The Epoch Times
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DUBLIN—If there were an Olympic event for never giving up and always staying optimistic, Mark Pollock would be a front-runner for gold.

His eternal optimism was rewarded with the honor of being selected to carry the Olympic torch through Dublin.

The Belfast-born explorer lost his sight in 1998. In January 2009 overcoming his disability, he became the first blind person to ever reach the South Pole.

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