--- title: Price Is Right: Contestant in Wheelchair Wins Treadmill description: "This is literally the best day of my life. I've been popping wheelies all day." canonical: https://time.com/3848332/price-is-right-wheelchair-treadmill/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-06T11:31:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:28.499Z og:title: A 'Price Is Right' Contestant in a Wheelchair Won a Treadmill og:description: "This is literally the best day of my life. 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