Kevan Hueftle

So I was non-weight-bearing from Tuesday to Friday afternoon. So I crutched into the track meet Friday afternoon. When the tent, she taped my ankle up enough that it would function as an ankle at least. Because if I would hold my ankle up when there was no tape on it, it just went like this. I could literally not move. It literally would not work.

So I was non-weight-bearing from Tuesday to Friday afternoon. So I crutched into the track meet Friday afternoon. When the tent, she taped my ankle up enough that it would function as an ankle at least. Because if I would hold my ankle up when there was no tape on it, it just went like this. I could literally not move. It literally would not work.

The tendon and ligament were literally both completely torn apart. Wow. Yeah. And so I competed, and I still placed fifth in the 100-meter dash. And the time I ran in Lima, Peru and won with, I ran faster at trials with no ankle. So you're telling me how much faster I would have been actually with an ankle? It would have been a really fun Paralympics for me to go compete. That's amazing.

The tendon and ligament were literally both completely torn apart. Wow. Yeah. And so I competed, and I still placed fifth in the 100-meter dash. And the time I ran in Lima, Peru and won with, I ran faster at trials with no ankle. So you're telling me how much faster I would have been actually with an ankle? It would have been a really fun Paralympics for me to go compete. That's amazing.

The tendon and ligament were literally both completely torn apart. Wow. Yeah. And so I competed, and I still placed fifth in the 100-meter dash. And the time I ran in Lima, Peru and won with, I ran faster at trials with no ankle. So you're telling me how much faster I would have been actually with an ankle? It would have been a really fun Paralympics for me to go compete. That's amazing.

I don't know. You didn't have one ankle. The 200-meter dash the next day, and I placed fourth in that as well and missed Team USA by like six-tenths of a second with no ankle. And that one was even – if there was anything left on Friday of the ankle, completely got rid of it by Saturday. Then it was gone. So my warm-ups consisted of stretching and a one stride. I couldn't even stand on it.

I don't know. You didn't have one ankle. The 200-meter dash the next day, and I placed fourth in that as well and missed Team USA by like six-tenths of a second with no ankle. And that one was even – if there was anything left on Friday of the ankle, completely got rid of it by Saturday. Then it was gone. So my warm-ups consisted of stretching and a one stride. I couldn't even stand on it.

I don't know. You didn't have one ankle. The 200-meter dash the next day, and I placed fourth in that as well and missed Team USA by like six-tenths of a second with no ankle. And that one was even – if there was anything left on Friday of the ankle, completely got rid of it by Saturday. Then it was gone. So my warm-ups consisted of stretching and a one stride. I couldn't even stand on it.

It was the most pain I've ever had in my – well, no. Third most pain I've ever had in my entire life. Just mental toughness then. Well – You start replaying the back of your mind how many things you've missed. I've sacrificed the last four years. My family has sacrificed. All the nights I was up at 5 a.m., 4 a.m. to go work out, and it's like I had to do something.

It was the most pain I've ever had in my – well, no. Third most pain I've ever had in my entire life. Just mental toughness then. Well – You start replaying the back of your mind how many things you've missed. I've sacrificed the last four years. My family has sacrificed. All the nights I was up at 5 a.m., 4 a.m. to go work out, and it's like I had to do something.

It was the most pain I've ever had in my – well, no. Third most pain I've ever had in my entire life. Just mental toughness then. Well – You start replaying the back of your mind how many things you've missed. I've sacrificed the last four years. My family has sacrificed. All the nights I was up at 5 a.m., 4 a.m. to go work out, and it's like I had to do something.

I really didn't care if I was crawling across that finish line. Mentally, I don't think I would have handled it to not be able to try at least and compete. So you had to get surgery to fix that? So I had surgery on the opening day of the Paralympics in Omaha, Nebraska, which is not a good thing to be all doped up on surgery when you're trying to watch all your friends do the opening ceremony.

I really didn't care if I was crawling across that finish line. Mentally, I don't think I would have handled it to not be able to try at least and compete. So you had to get surgery to fix that? So I had surgery on the opening day of the Paralympics in Omaha, Nebraska, which is not a good thing to be all doped up on surgery when you're trying to watch all your friends do the opening ceremony.

I really didn't care if I was crawling across that finish line. Mentally, I don't think I would have handled it to not be able to try at least and compete. So you had to get surgery to fix that? So I had surgery on the opening day of the Paralympics in Omaha, Nebraska, which is not a good thing to be all doped up on surgery when you're trying to watch all your friends do the opening ceremony.

And then I decided that day I was going to try to come back again. And trials were two months ago in Florida, but April 14th of this year, I pulled my hamstring. And so I went to trials at 85% and still placed third in the nation. I just didn't have a fast enough time to make it for Paris this year. But you know what's in four years? LA 2028. So here we go, baby. Gotcha.

And then I decided that day I was going to try to come back again. And trials were two months ago in Florida, but April 14th of this year, I pulled my hamstring. And so I went to trials at 85% and still placed third in the nation. I just didn't have a fast enough time to make it for Paris this year. But you know what's in four years? LA 2028. So here we go, baby. Gotcha.

And then I decided that day I was going to try to come back again. And trials were two months ago in Florida, but April 14th of this year, I pulled my hamstring. And so I went to trials at 85% and still placed third in the nation. I just didn't have a fast enough time to make it for Paris this year. But you know what's in four years? LA 2028. So here we go, baby. Gotcha.

23 25 yeah like not that so do you think the injuries are from age or just like you just overwork everything because you're making it hard that one actually was i got a new prosthetic and i was i was set out to haul so i was actually reaching too far and i was sprinting and that's what that issue was with the leg um i just got a new leg in march and i wasn't ready for it yet it was it was gonna be faster eventually my body my body wasn't

23 25 yeah like not that so do you think the injuries are from age or just like you just overwork everything because you're making it hard that one actually was i got a new prosthetic and i was i was set out to haul so i was actually reaching too far and i was sprinting and that's what that issue was with the leg um i just got a new leg in march and i wasn't ready for it yet it was it was gonna be faster eventually my body my body wasn't

23 25 yeah like not that so do you think the injuries are from age or just like you just overwork everything because you're making it hard that one actually was i got a new prosthetic and i was i was set out to haul so i was actually reaching too far and i was sprinting and that's what that issue was with the leg um i just got a new leg in march and i wasn't ready for it yet it was it was gonna be faster eventually my body my body wasn't