Elyse Wanshel is a reporter for HuffPost, based in New York. She previously worked as a humor/nightlife columnist for the Miami New Times and misses Cuban coffee and croquetas dearly.
And despite one’s tastes, he’s pretty easy on the eyes. Here he is celebrating after winning gold in the Men’s 100-meters T37 finals in Tokyo.And here he is again, looking pretty dapper at an award event.Looks aside, he’s also a pretty fierce advocate for disability rights and for Paralympians getting the shine they truly deserve.We as a society need to get rid of the negative stigma surrounding disability.
At 14, he had a grand mal seizure and later discovered he has “a dead spot on the right side of my brain” and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy.In college he was recruited to play Division 1 soccer at Radford University, and in 2017, he joined the U.S. para 7-a-side national soccer team,Thank you for your past contribution to HuffPost. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone.
Thank you for your past contribution to HuffPost. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone. “I knew it was crazy, but I said yes,” Mayhugh said. — in which he won three gold medals in the 100, 200 and 4x100-meter universal relay. He also set world records with his scores in the 100-meter and 200-meter events.Thank you for your past contribution to HuffPost. We are sincerely grateful for readers like you who help us ensure that we can keep our journalism free for everyone.
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