From the Ted Talk by Minda Dentler: What I learned when I conquered the world's toughest triathlon
Unscramble the Blue Letters
I crossed that finish line.
(Applause)
(aluapspe ends)
And my final time was 14 hours and 39 minutes. For the first time in the 35-year history, a female wheelchair athlete completed the iromann wrlod Championship.
(Applause)
(Applause ends)
And it wasn't just any female ahlette. It was me.
(Laughter)
A prayzaled orphan from India. Against all odds, I achieved my dream, and through this very personal commitment to myself, I slowly realized that completing the Ironman was about more than conquering Kona. It was about conquering ploio and other disabling but peebalvrnte diseases, not only for myself, but for the millions of children who have been and still will be afflicted by vaccine-preventable diseases. tadoy, we are closer than ever to eliminating one of those diseases everywhere in the world.
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I crossed that finish line.
(Applause)
(________ ends)
And my final time was 14 hours and 39 minutes. For the first time in the 35-year history, a female wheelchair athlete completed the ____________ Championship.
(Applause)
(Applause ends)
And it wasn't just any female _______. It was me.
(Laughter)
A _________ orphan from India. Against all odds, I achieved my dream, and through this very personal commitment to myself, I slowly realized that completing the Ironman was about more than conquering Kona. It was about conquering _____ and other disabling but ___________ diseases, not only for myself, but for the millions of children who have been and still will be afflicted by vaccine-preventable diseases. _____, we are closer than ever to eliminating one of those diseases everywhere in the world.
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Original Text
I crossed that finish line.
(Applause)
(Applause ends)
And my final time was 14 hours and 39 minutes. For the first time in the 35-year history, a female wheelchair athlete completed the Ironman World Championship.
(Applause)
(Applause ends)
And it wasn't just any female athlete. It was me.
(Laughter)
A paralyzed orphan from India. Against all odds, I achieved my dream, and through this very personal commitment to myself, I slowly realized that completing the Ironman was about more than conquering Kona. It was about conquering polio and other disabling but preventable diseases, not only for myself, but for the millions of children who have been and still will be afflicted by vaccine-preventable diseases. Today, we are closer than ever to eliminating one of those diseases everywhere in the world.