Losing her left leg in a lawnmowing accident when she was a teenager, Paralympian Julie Kozun has not let that stop her from pursuing volleyball at the highest levels of sport.
WATCH: Sport has helped Melfort's Julie Kozun get through the darkest periods of her life and has led her to her second Paralympics in Paris with Canada's women's sitting volleyball team.“We had a sendoff party in Gronlid,” said Kozun. “Lots of people came out, lots of support, everyone is really, really excited.”
In the days that followed, however, came a chance meeting with Erica Gavel who would go on to represent Canada a year later at the Rio Paralympics in wheelchair basketball.“I just wanted to be like, ‘Trust me, your life will get better, things will get better,'” said Gavel.For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.
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