German paralympic cycling athlete Denise Schindler poses with her bicycle and her different artifical legs in Olching near Munich, Germany, May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle
OLCHING, Germany: German paralympic cyclist Denise Schindler hopes to race with a 3D-printed leg prosthesis in Rio de Janeiro in September.
The rider, who lost the lower part of her leg in an accident when she was two, is promoting the new method of making a sports prosthesis, which advocates say is quicker and cheaper to produce, without the lengthy process of plaster-casting.
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