As the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games get underway, local athletes aim to place themselves on the winners’ podium starting Aug. 28.
Allison Lang, a sitting volleyball competitor from Edmonton, will be playing her first Paralympic games this year after winning silver at the 2022 World Championships.
Lang, who was born missing half her left leg, spoke with CTV News Edmonton about what the games mean to her and her achievements as an athlete.
“I’m not officially a Paralympian yet, even though I’m currently at the village,” Lang said on Tuesday. “I’m a Paralympian once I compete in my very first competition here, which is on the 29th against Slovenia.”
According to Lang, she was severely bullied emotionally and physically for her disability when she was a child which led her to quitting the sport.
She played …