25 Years Ago This Week

Scot Hollonbeck won a silver medal in the 1500 in the Olympic exhibition wheelchair race in Atlanta. Defending champion Claude Issoat of France edged out Hollonbeck in a race that took place in a downpour. Hollonbeck continued to stay in Atlanta for the 1996 Paralympic Games. Scot, the grandson of Lefty and Wilma Hollonbeck of rural Sullivan, holds the world record in the 800 meters and won two gold medals and a silver medal in the 1992 Paralympic Games in Barcelona, Spain.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.