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The 40th annual Pole, Pedal, Paddle relay race will be held in Bend, May 21.  This year’s event features 4 teams comprised of disabled athletes who are assisted by Oregon Adaptive Sports.  The Source Weekly’s Brian Jennings talked to three disabled athletes competing in this year’s event.  

This article appears in May 11-18, 2016.

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Sourcecast Audio: Disabled Athletes looking forward to Pole, Pedal, Paddle

by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 18, 2016

<h1>Sourcecast Audio: Disabled Athletes looking forward to Pole, Pedal, Paddle</h1> <p class="byline">by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 18, 2016</p> <p>The 40th annual Pole, Pedal, Paddle relay race will be held in Bend, May 21. &nbsp;This year's event features 4 teams comprised of disabled athletes who are assisted by Oregon Adaptive Sports. &nbsp;The Source Weekly's Brian Jennings talked to three disabled athletes competing in this year's event. &nbsp; </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/sourcecast-audio-disabled-athletes-looking-forward-to-pole-pedal-paddle-2635799/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=37888&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/sourcecast-audio-disabled-athletes-looking-forward-to-pole-pedal-paddle-2635799/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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