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Kira Brazinski was born with a rare, nonhereditary birth defect called proximal femoral focal deficiency. It's characterized by the shortening of a leg bone, typically the femur, and the absence of a ...

An expert, life-long adaptive skier tackles a new challenge – being a beginner again – and finds joy in challenging her gear and the assumptions of others as she does. “I was born missing my leg,” ...

Kira Brazinski, center, Becky Griest, left, and Sammy Pardeeduring cheer on their teammates during a swim meet against Lander on Sept. 25 in Jackson. Brazinski chose to have her left leg amputated at ...