Video – Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games – Sport Canada
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Transcript of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games – Sport Canada
Length of video: 00:01:23
In the video, we see and hear Canadian para-athletes talking about their experience.
Tara Llanes: ‘’It’s about believing that you can do it.’’
Aly Van Wyck-Smart: ‘’He put his heart and soul into coaching me.’’
Guillaume Ouellet: [Translated from French] ‘’Tokyo is an incredible opportunity to represent Canada.’’
Alison Levine: ‘’We are in fact PARAllel to the Olympics.’’
Zak Madell: ‘’It’s an unbelievable experience.’’
Nate Riech: ‘’It’s actually the best thing that has ever happened to me.’’
Renee Foessel: ‘’I live and breathe being Canadian.’’
Stephanie Dixon: ‘’We need people from each community, at the table, making decisions, being the face of sport so that all Canadians can have access.’’
[Text on screen: Tokyo 2020]
Nicolas-Guy Turbide: [Translated from French] ‘’It's always a great honour to have the maple leaf on your jersey.’’
Aurélie Rivard: [Translated from French] ‘’To be able to represent my nation in the sport that I love.’’
Priscilla Gagné: ‘’I feel equal.’’
Stefan Daniel: ‘’Focus on what you do have, instead of what you don’t, it goes a long way.’’
Andrea Nelson: ‘’It’s pretty much a dream come true.’’
Rob Shaw: ‘’That what separates good coaching from great coaching, it’s passion.’’
Bo Hedges: ‘’It just motivates me and makes me that much more excited to go and compete.’’
Katarina Roxon: ‘’The world is getting to know the Paralympic movement.’’
Cindy Ouellet: [Translated from French] ‘’It’s a growing sport, a growing movement.’’
Charles Moreau: [Translated from French] ‘’It allows the world to see us a little differently.’’
Tara Llanes: ‘’Parasport has saved my life.’’
Voice: “This is my story. This is our history.”
[Text on screen: This is my story. This is our history.]
[Text on screen: Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.]
[Text on screen: August 24 to Sept. 5]
[Text on screen: #SportCanada.]
[Text on screen: Canada Wordmark.]