Paralympic Games begin in Paris on August 28, 2024. UT Arlington will cheer on some of its own athletes. The school is no stranger to the Paralympic Games.
UTA has two former players, Josie Aslakson and Rose Hollermann, on Team USA and one current player, Élodie Tessier, on Team Canada."I've either played with or against every single person on that team," Lady Movin' Mavs Head Coach Morgan Wood said.Sign up for NBC DFW's News Headlines newsletter.
Meyer plays in a bright pink chair with bright pink wheels."I can't sit in a chair that's not pink. It just doesn't feel like me," Meyer said. She is an alternate for Team USA at year's Paralympic Games."But I know if I keep training I will be on it." "These athletes are the same as Olympic athletes," Wood said."To be honest, it's a lot more astounding to watch someone who is missing three limbs wheelchair basketball.""I think people need to be open to watching the Paralympics because it's a whole other side of sports, it's a whole other side of the Olympics," UTA senior Zoe Voris said. Voris was on the underdog Team USA at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
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