Veteran Para winter athlete Billy Bridges relishes new challenges of summer sports
One of Canada's most decorated Paralympians is a rookie again and he says it's never felt so good. Twenty-five years after Billy Bridges made his first national team on the ice as a Para hockey player, he's poised to make his Parapan Am Games debut in shot put and javelin.
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One of Canada's most decorated Paralympians is a rookie again and he says it's never felt so good. Twenty-five years after Billy Bridges made his first national team on the ice as a Para hockey player, he's poised to make his Parapan Am Games debut in shot put and javelin.