Olympics|They Weren’t Wanted at the Paralympics. They’re Excelling Anyway.
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They Weren’t Wanted at the Paralympics. They’re Excelling Anyway.
After a dispute over whether they should be allowed to compete, the snowboarders Cécile Hernandez and Brenna Huckaby have won medals.
Cécile Hernandez of France competing Sunday in a qualification run at the Beijing Paralympics.Credit…Chang W. Lee/The New York Times
By David Waldstein
Published March 6, 2022Updated March 7, 2022, 8:45 a.m. ET
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Until the moment Cécile Hernandez of France was handed an official racing bib and a time slot on Saturday, she still feared that race officials would forbid her to compete.
Only the day before, after months of legal wrangling, she sat in her room in the Olympic Village, listening via video conference to a court proceeding in Germany in which an opposing team’s national delegation questioned her level of disability.
Her lawyer had assured her that all would be fine, that all she needed to worry [...]
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