YALL WONDER WHY NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE PARALYMPICS IS. THE ANSWER IS CLEAR
From July 26 to Aug 11
@espn
posted 439 times JUST on
@instagram
about anything Olympic related
From August 28 to today
@espn
has posted 3 times about anything related to the Paralympics
Be better
@espn
Listen, we as Paralympians dont want to be treated like Olympians. We arent Olympians. We dont think of ourselves as Olympians and we are PROUD to be Paralympians. What we want is to be SEEN as athletes like any1 else. Cheer, boo, laugh, make memes! Don’t treat us any less!!
THIS is just one of the many
@gofundme
for the
@Olympics
and
@Paralympics
that I support.
Imagine spending 18 years taking ya kid to every practice and game and working 2-3 jobs to buy equipment,,, and then not being able to watch them play the biggest game of they life.
WE DID IT!! WITH STILL A WEEK TO GO!! Thank u to everyone who’s donated and thank u to
@FlavorFlav
for ur support.. it means more than u can imagine to me and my family 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 I’ll make you and everyone else proud I promise 🥇🇺🇸
HELP SEND MY PARENTS TO PARIS! 🥇
I created a
@gofundme
to help pay for expenses to send my parents to the
#Paralympics
!
They’ve never been out of the country, & couldn’t watch me compete in Tokyo due to COVID.
Any & all donations are appreciated!
HELP SEND MY PARENTS TO PARIS! 🥇
I created a
@gofundme
to help pay for expenses to send my parents to the
#Paralympics
!
They’ve never been out of the country, & couldn’t watch me compete in Tokyo due to COVID.
Any & all donations are appreciated!
Paralympics is coming soon,,, and y’all missing some real entertainment if ya ain’t following
@Paralympics
social media ,,, I don’t know if I should be laughing that hard 🤣🤣🤣
The perfect welcome home. Thank you to everyone, for everything. To see all yall come out and surprise me was emotional, but to see my mom, dad and my family.. that was it. All I can say is.. THANK YOU ❤️⚡️
I would argue that if a celebrity invested their time in the Paralympics to do the same thing Snoop did, the increased viewership % would be double the Olympics
We as a society need to get rid of the negative stigma surrounding disability. Society sees some1 w/ a disability & immediately feels bad, leans down or changes their tone toward us. Dont feel sorry for us. Theres nothing to feel sorry for. This is our NORMAL. This is all we know
Mom, THE Billie Jean King knows I exist! This feels better than any of the 3 Gold medals I won in Tokyo or any I’ll win in Paris. Wow! Thank you ma’am!
Tyreek Hill defends NBA and NFL players against Noah Lyles and calls him out for pretending to be sick
“I would beat Noah Lyles (in a race).”
(🎥
@UpAndAdamsShow
)
I can’t express enough gratitude and appreciation to every1 whos supported the Paralympics over the last 2 weeks, it means more to us than yall can ever imagine, wholeheartedly. But it blows my American mind media outlets like
@espn
@BleacherReport
haven’t posted a damn thing.
I wanna thank all my new followers and everyone who donated to send my parents to Paris. Yall really don’t know how much my family and I appreciate the love and support. This will be an experience of a lifetime and I’m so grateful for the opportunity that Gods blessed me with ❤️
I ran the best race I could.. beat the WR and lost to the new WR. Kudos to him. Hell of a race. Above all else, I’m healthy. & I’ll be back for the 200 ⚡️
@timpani_queen
@FlavorFlav
Mr Flav has done more for the Olympic and Paralympic community than anyone!! It’s time for someone else to step up. But by the time LA28 rolls around and other celebrities get involved WE won’t forget who was the first and only one to care about us..
@FlavorFlav
!!!👑
Hey
@Uber
one of your drivers refused to drive anywhere near the Olympic Village as requested and made me get out and walk 40 mins back to the village. Apparently my refund “isn’t eligible”. Can I speak to a human, please? Doesn’t seem fair to pay for a ride I had to walk 😅
What a way to end my track events here
@Tokyo2020
.Thank you to the magic 4 for an incredible night that I will always remember and for helping me make this my 20th medal, 8th gold, and 3rd world record ❤️🤍💙
@TeamUSA
@NBCOlympics
"What we want is to be SEEN as athletes like any1 else."
Team USA's Nick Mayhugh keeps it real on what he and his fellow Paralympians really want when they compete. 🗣️
Lack of exposure is the biggest fault in the
#Paralympics
I found out about para sport when I was 21 from an ad on social. If only
@espn
@SportsCenter
@BleacherReport
@HoHighlights
& major “sport” content outlets supported us & celebrated us athletes like they do other sports 🤔
I used to run the 800m growing up and 1. My legs are jello just watching this and 2. People need to understand how ridiculous it is to run 1:57..
@athiiing
you are incredible ✨🙌
I can’t thank you enough
@radfordu
- today I checked something off my bucket list. To be the keynote speaker at the Commencement address. At 26, I feel almost too young to be given that honor and responsibility. However that’s exactly what Radford prepared me for, thank you ❤️🙏🏼
To any athlete who reads this I encourage you to feel your emotions; all of them, in your successes and in your failures and to allow yourself to deal with them in whatever way YOU choose. I smile, laugh and love hard and with my whole heart, it's how I was raised, but I cry way
My purpose is bigger than any more medals I win or records I break and I will continue to use my voice as long as yall will listen - to ensure that the generations after me, parents and kids with disabilities receive the support, acceptance and respect they deserve. 🙏🏼
Thank you to my
@radfordu
family for all your love and support these last couple weeks. It means more than yall could ever kno. From the bottom of my heart.. thank you ❤️⚡️
A big piece to the coverage are celebrities & their reach, it’s a shame
@RGIII
@ShannonSharpe
@ochocinco
and others haven’t shed light of the Paralympics like they did during the Olympics. All we need is for the conversation to be started!! The rest will follow suit!!
YALL WONDER WHY NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE PARALYMPICS IS. THE ANSWER IS CLEAR
From July 26 to Aug 11
@espn
posted 439 times JUST on
@instagram
about anything Olympic related
From August 28 to today
@espn
has posted 3 times about anything related to the Paralympics
Be better
@espn
The hardest part about getting old is figuring out what to do with your time. That’s why u see old people with money doing damn near anything cuz ain’t shit else to do 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
So after my WR 200m final this morning
@LewisJohnsonMG
and I sent a video to the 🐐
@usainbolt
.. I just checked my phone and all I can say is thank you ⚡️
@hlite1973
@FlavorFlav
Nah of course not. he means laughing at the Paralympic social media cause they use funny trending sounds and correlate them with videos of para athletes, go peep it it’s hilarious 😂😂😂 people just feel bad for laughing cause it can come off messed up but LAUGH!!
4⃣ Paralympians. 4⃣ different classifications. All together on 1⃣ relay team. 🇺🇸
Exactly one year ago,
@NoahMalone13
,
@_brittnnii
,
@nickmayhugh
and
@TatyanaMcFadden
joined forces to break the world record and clinch Paralympic gold in the mixed 4x100m relay!
Since not enough people saw me yesterday, I’m wearing the same exact outfit I wore tonight as I did last night. Bringin’ in the New Year the
@ochocinco
way. He’d be proud.
~90% of all Olympians competed collegiately…while only 50% of Paralympic MEDALISTS had the same opportunity. Maybe I’m wrong, but this disparity doesn’t seem compatible with the
@NCAA
’s “values” of inclusion, diversity, and equity…
“If you pray for flowers, don’t be surprised if it starts to rain” - u an OLYMPIAN. Remember who tf u are and go be great. memories of Paris will be sweeter once u standing with a medal in LA 🌹
On my way to my first practice since.. and I cried all day in the bed about it. Nobody ever tells you how hard it is to pick yourself back up once your dreams don’t come true 😔
Today is melo’s first airplane ride to go meet his puppy cousin and his human cousin for the first time. Took a 💩 in the parking garage but gonna be a 10/10 doggo for the flight, right?
@AmericanAir
Not bad for a soccer player… 😉
100m World Record
200m American Record
100m National Champion
200m National Champion
Ranked
#1
in the world in both events
Jobs not done.
Love
⚡️
Words can’t express what this man means to me. When you pray for eyesight, God sends it in the form of a friend who does anything to help you conquer life. Thank you
@wesley_boma_ye
🙏🏾 Thank you for helping me
#fly