{"id":238659,"date":"2021-02-01T09:32:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T15:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=238659"},"modified":"2021-01-29T16:10:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T22:10:02","slug":"paralympic-medalist-cheers-toddler-prosthetic-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/paralympic-medalist-cheers-toddler-prosthetic-leg\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Paralympic medalist cheers for toddler taking first steps with a prosthetic leg"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blake Leeper, a Paralympic medalist and world record holder, was in the right place at the right time to make a little boy’s day. KJ Dyer was taking his first steps with his new prosthetic leg, and Leeper made sure to cheer him on.<\/p>\n

Leeper is the world’s fastest amputee, having previously beaten Oscar Pistorius’s world record with goals of one day competing in the Olympics, as Pistorius did in 2012. He’s been working with Scott Sabolich Prosthetics<\/a> in preparation for the 2021 Paralympics in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

While there one day, Leeper heard laughter coming from the hallway and went to investigate. Randy Titony, the director of marketing for Scott Sabolich Prosthetics, captured the entire encounter between Leeper and little KJ on video.<\/p>\n

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“Blake Leeper, the world\u2019s fastest amputee came to us about 4 years ago, and after we made his new running prostheses, he broke world records,” Titony said. “He returned a few weeks ago for some new legs in his quest to run in the Tokyo Olympic or Paralympics. While at our facility, he met KJ, a little boy receiving his first prosthesis following an accident.”<\/p>\n