9 years old was a pivotal age for now 17-year-old Calvin Smith. It was the age he picked up mountain biking, and it was also the age he learned he had brain cancer. Now, after eight years of treatments, the cancer has become inoperable, paralyzing Cal's right side.
<p>LEHI — Age 9 was a pivotal age for Calvin Smith. That was when he picked up mountain biking — it was also when he learned he had brain cancer.
</p><p>Skyridge High School mountain bike coach Jason Taylor, who has been coaching Calvin for the past six years, described the boy as an &quot;incredible athlete.
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