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Photo: Stuart Lieberman

Paralympian April Holmes pauses to take a photo with a student from the F.L.A.M.E. program in on Aug. 2, 2009, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

The USOC's Finding Leaders Among Minorities Everywhere (F.L.A.M.E.) program brought together 30 minority student leaders from across the country to explore the Olympic ideals of persistence, commitment, vision, focus and determination.