But Now I See
My Journey from Blindness to Olympic Gold
by Steven Holcomb with Steve Eubanks
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Pub Date Dec 04 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
One of the top bobsledders in the world and leader of the
four-man American team, Steven Holcomb had finished sixth in the 2006 Olympics
and medaled in nearly every competition he entered. He was considered a strong
gold contender for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Talented, aggressive, and
fearless, he was at the top of his game. But Steven Holcomb had a dangerous
secret.
Steven Holcomb was
going blind.
In the prime of his
athletic career, he was diagnosed with Keratoconus-a degenerative disease
affecting 1 in 1,000 and leaving 1 in 4 totally blind without a cornea
transplant. In the world of competitive sports, it was a dream killer. Not a
sport for the timid, bobsledding speeds approach 100 miles per hour through a
series of hairpin turns. Serious injuries-even deaths-can result. But Holcomb
kept his secret from his coach, sled mates, and the public for months and
continued to drive the legendary sled Night Train.
When he finally
told his coach, Holcomb was led to a revolutionary treatment, now the Holcomb
C3-R. With his sight restored to 20/20, Holcomb became the first American in 50
years to win the International Bobsledding Federation World Championship, and
the first American bobsledder since 1948 to win the Olympic gold medal.
But Now I See is the intimate portrait of a man's pursuit of a
dream, laced with humility and the faith to find a way when all seems hopeless.
It's about knowing anything is possible and the gift of a second chance.
About the Authors
Steven
Holcomb (born April 14, 1980) is an American bobsled
driver who won the Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the first
gold medal in four-man bobsledding for the United States since 1948. He also
won the 2009 World Championship in Lake Placid, N.Y., the first American to
achieve that feat since 1959.
A veteran of the
Utah Army National Guard, Holcomb is the only Olympic athlete for whom a
medical procedure is named: the Holcomb C3-R procedure for Keratoconus, a
degenerative eye disease that can lead to total blindness. Holcomb was cured of
Keratoconus from the procedure and went on to become America's most decorated
bobsledder.
He continues to
drive the USA One sled, the Night Train, and will defend his Olympic title at
the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
Steve Eubanks is a bestselling author and sports writer who has
collaborated with such noteworthy athletes as golf great Arnold Palmer, NASCAR
legend Jeff Gordon, hall of fame football coach Lou Holtz, Ryder Cup captain
Paul Azinger, and 9 time world champion rodeo cowboy Ty Murray.