Miami, Feb 20 (EFE).- Adam Gorlitsky, a man who was paralyzed after an accident, set a new world record by completing the 21-kilometer (13.1-mile) half-marathon distance with a sophisticated system of crutches on a time of 11 hours, 54 minutes and 44 seconds, in a race held in Fort Lauderdale (Florida).
Gorlitsky, according to local media reports, completed that time on Monday in the Publix21 half marathon in Fort Lauderdale, north of the city of Miami, with high-tech crutches and a robotic “skeleton” on his legs that earned him the Guinness record. .
The athlete, along with crutches, used to complete the course of a sophisticated device that provides motorized movement of the hip and knee to allow people with spinal cord injuries to stand up and walk.
Gorlitsky’s is a story of overcoming, since in 2005 he was involved in a serious car accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down and made doctors think he would never walk again.
Gorlitsky, with the help of crutches and the “skeleton of his legs”, began in 2015 to train for races and raise funds for his foundation, “I GOT LEGS”, an initiative that has allowed him to compete in more than 50 races.
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