Sam Dean

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Where Olympians win glory.
South America

Welcome to Brazil's Garden of the Gods

A guide to the places where glory will be won—and where the victors will live, sleep, and train

Six athletes on the USA Track and Field team will compete at the Paralympics this September in custom carbon-fiber wheelchairs dreamed up by Designworks, BMW’s Southern Cali­fornia design firm.
Biking

How BMW Designed the World's Fastest Wheelchair

A German automaker’s California design lab is cooking up custom chariots for American Paralympians