| Legally blind skier among Maine's best |
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BRIDGTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Fryeburg Academy's Christina DiPietro is among the state's top skiers -- even though she is legally blind. Christina and her team will be competing at the State Class A Championships at Big Rock in Mars Hill on Tuesday and Wednesday - February 22-23, 2011. The Nordic portion of the event is going on in Presque Isle. "It is as if I see through tubes," Christina told NEWS CENTER. The normal progression of Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is to severely limit one's night vision and then steal their peripheral sight. In extreme cases, RP can cause total blindness. Read the complete story and view the video Photo credit: NewsCENTER |
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