Olympics
Cary swimmer represents team U.S.A. in Paralympics
Morgan Stickney, Paralympian from Cary, is preparing to represent Team USA as a swimmer. Her time going into Tokyo is #1 in the world, she said.
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Morgan Stickney, Paralympian from Cary, is preparing to represent Team USA as a swimmer. Her time going into Tokyo is #1 in the world, she said.
PAGE. >>> OLYMPIC CLOSING SERMON BROUGHT TO AN END THE SUMMER GAMES BUT THEY ARE NOT DONE COMPETING IN TOKYO. IT IS TIME FOR THE 2020 SUMMER PARALYMPICS. ONE OF THE PARALYMPIANS REPRESENTING TEAM USA IS FROM RIGHT HERE IN THE TRIANGLE AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TEARING IT UP AND SLIMMER MORGAN JOINING US A ZOOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ARE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AND ARE SO EXCITED FOR YOU. TELL ME, FOR OUR VIEWERS, WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH WITH A DOUBLE LEG AMPUTATION BELOW THE KNEE. YOU ARE -- YOU WERE AN ABLE- BODIED SWIMMER. HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO GET IN THE POOL? >> IT CAME DOWN TO PASSION. I HAVE LOVED THE POOL MY ENTIRE LIFE AND JUST BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THE POOL, IN MY HAPPY PLACE, AFTER LOSING MY FIRST LIKE AND THEN MY SECOND LEG A YEAR LATER, IT IS MY HAPPY PLACE AND I AM SO HAPPY IN THE POOL AND I LOVE COMPETING AND JUST TRAINING MY BODY TO THE MAXIMUM. >> YOU HAVE SAID LOSING HER FIRST LEG. YOU DEALT WITH IT IN A CERTAIN WAY. LOSING HER SECOND LEG WAS MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT. WHY SO? >> LOSING MY SECOND BUT WAS A COMPLETE SHOCK. WE HAD NO IDEA I WAS GOING TO BE LOSING MY SECOND BIKE UNTIL ABOUT A MONTH, RIGHT BEFORE, AND JUST BEING DIAGNOSED WITH THIS EXTREMELY RARE VASCULAR DISEASE I HAVE, IT WAS JUST AWFUL IN EVERY SINGLE WAY I COULD IMAGINE. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REALLY TAKE HOLD OF MY LIFE SINCE THEN AND I AM REALLY PROUD OF WHERE I HAVE GOTTEN TO. >> YOU SWAM FOR THE TAC TITANS AND I WILL BE SWIMMING WITH TEAM USA. IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. IS THERE A BURDEN YOU FEEL? >> I DO NOT THINK SO. I AM SO EXCITED TO REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES AND IT WILL BE SO MUCH FUN IN TOKYO. >> WE HAVE NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. YOU WILL BE COMPETING IN THE 400 METER FREESTYLE, 50 METER FREESTYLE AND A COUPLE OF EVENTS WE WILL WATCH FOR, AND WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE BETTER? >> THE 400, ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY, LITTLE MORE DISTANCE FOR CERTAIN. HOW IS THE TRAINING GOING? >> IT IS GOING REALLY WELL. MY TIME GOING INTO TOKYO IS NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD, SO I AM LOOKING TO BETTER THAT TIME BASED ON ALL THE TRAINING I HAVE BEEN DOING AND HOW PRACTICE HAS BEEN GOING. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT I CAN DO. >> NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD SOUNDS LIKE GOLD TO ME. THAT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE HOPE YOU BRING HOME. WE WILL TRY TO FOLLOW YOU WHEN YOU ARE OVER THERE. SHOULD WE BE UP TO SPEED ON ANY ON YOUR ADVENTURES ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND BE SENDING THINGS OUT WE CAN WATCH? >> YOU CAN FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM AT MORGAN STICKNEY.