Mark Pollock: The Bionic Adventurer
The world's first bionic Olympics, the Cybathlon are due to be held in Switzerland in 2016. Mark Pollock is hoping to take part.
Mark who's blind has a rich sporting background, having won two medals at the 2002 Commonwealth rowing championships, competing against sighted athletes.
Then in 2010, he suffered an accident which left him paralysed from the waist down.
Since then Mark has focused his attention on pushing himself and others to search for a breakthrough in treating those with paralysis
Find out more about the Cybathlon http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0289z8t
Photo Mark Pollock with his partner Simone. (CREDIT: Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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