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About this episode
Oyuna Uranchimeg saw a quote on Facebook one day. 'You never know how strong you are until that's the only choice you have,' it said. Nothing sums up her feelings towards her life more than this. Exactly 22 years ago, she was visiting the United States from Mongolia when she suffered a life changing car accident. She has spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Oyuna only took up wheelchair curling six years ago but she has excelled in the sport. So, aged 48, she goes to her first Paralympic Games with Team USA. Oyuna speaks lucidly about her mental struggles with accepting her disability, how her children saved her life, and her surreal experience in becoming an athlete later in life.
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What is the Olympics podcast?
It's another exciting year of Olympics.com podcasts. We are looking forward to offering you another season of the best Olympic stories, with the Paris Games being the big highlight of 2024. The show will have great guests, the episodes will dig deep into the topic, the Olympics, Olympians, and sports. We’ll, of course, be truly global. Touching all 5 continents with our content. We’ll pay close attention to all the key events, updating stories and backstories on and off the field of play. It’ll be an all-encompassing conversation and we will signpost you to some of our outstanding original feature programming across all our Olympics.com platforms. So much to see, so much to enjoy. Be prepared to be entertained and inspired!
