Hannah Aspirin has always been drawn to sports when she was younger she tried soccer but she knew it just wasn't the right fit for her, but I really found my home in the water and found it to be more of an even playing field. Hannah was born with one leg and a congenital hip disarticulation, but that has not slowed her down at just four years old, she was already swimming and by eight she was competing year round. Hannah Aspen has always felt at home in the water from an early age, she loved copying her brother. So when he started swimming she knew that's exactly what she wanted to do now her passion for swimming has taken this Raleigh native to the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics. Her impressive swimming career includes winning bronze twice in the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Now, as Tokyo approaches, she has her sights set on gold for the red, white and blue. This paralympics will not be like her last due to covid restrictions, no Spectators will be allowed meaning Hannah's friends and family will not be able to attend. She says that throughout her swimming career her mom has had the greatest impact. She's always there for me through the ups and downs and so I definitely would say that she's someone that I could not have done any of this without in March 2020 when COVID changed everyone's plans and forced pools to shut down. Hannah and her mom did some unconventional training. So I was out of the water for a while and then we found that we had some family friends and had a backyard pool just like a little swimming pool in their backyard. And so I ended up kind of swimming just back and forth in that for a couple of months my my little sister actually came with me and coached me. So we got to spend some time together doing that, which was really fun when the games were rescheduled to this summer, she knew she had to get back into a more regular training routine. She now swims for the Triangle aquatic centre titans for coach, john Payne as a team USA veteran, she's now embracing the role of mentor for the first time swimmers. What's the one piece of advice? She's ready to tell them It might sound cliche but really just to soak it all in, Hannah knows the importance of having veteran swimmers on the team. She was only 16 while competing in rio, making her the youngest person on team usa to meddle in either the olympics or paralympics This year, she will have the chance to meddle again in four separate swim events. As for the future, Hannah has no plans of slowing down anytime soon. She's planning on qualifying for the Paralympics again in 2024 and 2028. The Games mean more to Hannah than just a chance to compete on a world stage. That's always an honor and a great opportunity to hopefully be out there and show people what we can do with what we have and Kerry dried and quickly. Wrl news.