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[MUSIC PLAYING]

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I mean, it's so exciting to
be a Paralympic hopeful again.

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The first two experiences for
me in Sochi and Pyeongchang

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were very rewarding.

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Of course, a huge honor
to represent your country,

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your family, your community, and
so many people from my parents

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to my brother, close
family, my school.

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They put so much
into us athletes

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and us being able to go overseas
and compete, so I really

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just I don't want to take
that for granted again

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and just really looking
forward to Beijing.

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Everyone's had their
own individual struggles

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with COVID.

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Some people have been more
fortunate than others.

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For me, I moved to
Nashville last summer.

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There's a big group of the
National team that lives here.

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I moved here just because
there's good training

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and then more guys followed.

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So we've been training pretty
nonstop for the past year

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or so.

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Our actual national team
season was delayed from COVID,

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so our were first
camp actually wasn't

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until March of last year.

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So we had a lot of
time off, kind of

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had an abbreviated season.

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Finished up by winning gold
in the World Championships

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in Czech Republic
this past June and we

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just finished up our first
camp of the year this season.

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So everything is
kind of been a blur

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for the 13-month period here
and we're getting geared up,

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ready to go.