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TOKYO — Villa Maria graduate Rebecca Hart placed 11th among 18 riders in the Paralympic equestrian event Friday.
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Rebecca Hart
Hart was competing in her fourth Paralympics and was hoping to claim her first medal.
However, she placed 11th in the Dressage Individual Test Grade III event despite being ranked No. 12 in the event. She compiled a score of 69.853 aboard her horse, El Corona Texel.
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Hart was born with a rare genetic disease called hereditary spastic paraplegia. The condition is a progressive impairment that causes muscle wasting and paralysis from the middle of the back down.
Another American, Roxanne Trunnell, won a gold medal in the Dressage Individual Test Grade I.
This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Villa Maria graduate Rebecca Hart finishes 11th in Paralympic equestrian event
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