Amy Purdy

You know, you got to watch the Paralympics.

So exciting.

The athletes are amazing.

The stories are amazing.

And then we turned it on the other day.

We turned on downhill skiing and there was no commentary.

We had no idea who we were watching, nothing about their disability, nothing about their story.

You know, I competed in 2014 and 2018, but I just thought by this point we would have way better coverage.

And

So somehow I do feel like there needs to be some changes with not just timing of the Paralympics, but of course, broadcasting.

I do believe that it's changing and improving, which is great.

I mean, it's difficult across the board for Olympians and Paralympians.

Most people don't realize that you really live on nothing and you can't have another job either because you're expected to be

you know, training five, six days a week, plus traveling for all the World Cups on the whole circuit to be able to lead up to the games.

You're dedicated to the team and what they pay is barely anything.

So most Olympians and Paralympians are living on pretty much nothing.

And if you think about Paralympians, we deal with adaptive equipment that's incredibly expensive.

So I have two prosthetic legs.

If I were to have to pay cash for these legs, they're $30,000.

That's just for my walking legs, let alone if you want to snowboard and now you're paying for feet, specialized feet for snowboarding.