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I mean, it's so exciting to be a Paralympic hopeful again.
The first two experiences for me in Sochi and Pyeongchang
were very rewarding.
Of course, a huge honor to represent your country,
your family, your community, and so many people from my parents
to my brother, close family, my school.
They put so much into us athletes
and us being able to go overseas and compete, so I really
just I don't want to take that for granted again
and just really looking forward to Beijing.
Everyone's had their own individual struggles
with COVID.
Some people have been more fortunate than others.
For me, I moved to Nashville last summer.
There's a big group of the National team that lives here.
I moved here just because there's good training
and then more guys followed.
So we've been training pretty nonstop for the past year
or so.
Our actual national team season was delayed from COVID,
so our were first camp actually wasn't
until March of last year.
So we had a lot of time off, kind of
had an abbreviated season.
Finished up by winning gold in the World Championships
in Czech Republic this past June and we
just finished up our first camp of the year this season.
So everything is kind of been a blur
for the 13-month period here and we're getting geared up,
ready to go.