Marine veteran, paratriathlete heads to Paris Paralympics [Video]

BRING HOME SOME HARDWARE. IT’S JUST THE EXPERIENCE. I DON’T I DON’T THINK IT COULD BE PARALLELED. ERIC MCELVEEN IS HEADING BACK TO THE PARALYMPICS FOR I ACCEPTED T THAT THIS IS MY MY NEW NORMAL, MY LIFE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. NOW MISSING A LEG AND I’M GOING TO BE IN THE WORLD OF PROSTHETICS FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. IT, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO ACCEPT THAT. AND THEN JUST HOP INTO IT, SET A GOAL TO START RACING HIS FORM OF REHABILITATION WAS TRAINING, WHICH LED HIM TO TOKYO IN 2020, WHERE HE PLACED SIXTH. AND NOW HE’S A COUPLE WEEKS FROM JUMPING IN THE SUN AND GOING FOR THE GOLD WITH HIS FAMILY AND DOCTORS THERE TO CHEER HIM ON. WE DECIDED AS A FAMILY THAT THE EXPERIENCE WAS AMAZING AND WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO GO TO PARIS, SO PUT IN A …