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I feel worthless as a person : Hear why US Paralympian quit team
Becca Meyers, a deaf and blind American swimmer, has withdrawn from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games after she said the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) denied her request to bring her mother to serve as her Personal Care Assistant. She speaks with CNN s New Day.
Posted: Jul 21, 2021 7:37 PM
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Becca Meyers won three gold medals and a silver at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, but the swimmer, who s deaf and blind, said being there without someone to help navigate took its toll.
The two-time Paralympian announced on Tuesday that she would not be attending the Tokyo Games next month because she said the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) denied her request to bring her mother to serve as personal care assistant.
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Becca Meyers suffers from Usher syndrome, she has been deaf since birth and lost her eyesight gradually. She won three gold medals in Rio 2016. Announcing her decision, Meyers released a statement on Twitter that said, I ve had to make the gut-wrenching decision to withdraw from the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. I m angry, I m disappointed, but most of all, I m sad not to be representing my country. The USOPC has denied a reasonable & essential accommodation for me, as a deaf-blind athlete, to be able to compete in Toyko, telling me repeatedly that I do not need a Personal Care Assistant (PCA) ‘who I trust’ because there will be a single PCA on staff that is available to assist me and 33 other Paralympic swimmers, 9 of whom are also visually impaired. The USOPC has approved me having a trusted PCA (my mom) at all international meets since 2017, but this time it’s different. The statement further added, With COVID, there are new safety measures and limits of non-essential staff
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