Paralympic Swimmer Wins Gold And Silver After Online Attacks About Disability
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Christie Raleigh Crossley has had a stellar Games — even if some commenters online doubt they're really disabled.
U.S. Paralympic swimmer Christie Raleigh Crossley has added two more medals to their Paris tally.
The first-time Paralympian won the gold medal on Tuesday in the 100-meter backstroke S9, breaking the Paralympic record with a time of 1:07.02. On Wednesday, she swam to silver in the women’s 100-meter freestyle S9. (Raleigh Crossley uses the pronouns she and they.)
Last week, the American swimmer set a world record and then won a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle S9 race on the same day. But her moment was tainted by online commenters, including other athletes, who questioned her disability because it’s not as visible as others.
“People tell me I don’t ‘look disabled,’ but I’m a Paralympian — and I’m going for gold,” Raleigh Crossley said afterwards in an as-told-to story published on Today.com.
And she’s not done yet, with more events still on her competition schedule.
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