Saul Mendoza races around the track during a workout
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Saul Mendoza races around the track during a workout at the 2013 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 27, 2013. Mendoza is the coach for the wheelchair track team here. After winning a gold medal in the Sydney Olympics and a silver in Athens, Mendoza says he's devoted himself to coaching new athletes and passing on his more than 20 years of experience. The Trials is an opportunity for wounded Marines, veterans and allies to compete in wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, track and field, swimming, archery and shooting. The top 50 athletes will go on to compete against wounded warriors from the other branches of military service at the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., in May. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler L. Main)
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