Amy Purdy

Well, they just, uh, they just, there was a kind of a safety thing that they just didn't know yet.

Uh, we had trained quite a while, um, for two years doing time trials.

They just decided let's just do the time trials and make it go off of that instead of doing head to head.

Because they couldn't quite figure out the classifications.

You know, I'm a double leg amputee and then I'm competing against an above the knee amputee.

And then there's a girl with legs who maybe has a, you know, a bit of, um,

uh, MS or something impairment in there.

So they just decided let's just do time runs and whoever has the best time wins for second, third.

Um, now though, going into the next games, it is side by side.

It's actually really, really exciting and crazy that way.

But, um,

But, yeah, just for one, just being, you know, being in Russia, being at the Olympics, being in the Olympic Village is, it makes me emotional because it's just so cool, you know.

And then, gosh, I mean, just the day of the race, it's almost like.

your whole life sets you up to that moment.

You know, I wouldn't have been there if I didn't lose my legs, you know?

And then, yeah, I mean, it's, and we get, I count down, we're in the gates and, you know, you hear the guy go three, two, like racers ready, you know, three, two, one go.

And I mean, those moments are some of the most intense moments.

Cause once you pull out of that start gate as hard as you can, it's like pounding, just listening to this.

Yeah.

And, uh,