hello everyone welcome to my channel us news99 welcome to update new gossip USA from a fifth place finish in Tokyo 2020 to claiming two gold medals at the Paris 2024 paralympic games in just 24 hours team USA's Ezra frck is on a mission to become the greatest paralympian of all time on two September in the men's t63 100 m final fck shocked everyone by claiming his first paralympic title in a dramatic photo finish erase no one including frck expected him to win less than 24 hours later he soared to Victory once more this time in his best event the t63 high jump setting a new paralympic record with a 1.94 M jump his 1.day social media countdown to gold was complete from dreaming of gold to manifesting it on the grandest stage the 1 nyear old's meteoric rise to the top of para-athletics has left the world Dot and himself do in awe fr's journey to paralympic Gold began long before he understood the magnitude of the dreams he would one day Chase worn with congenital limb differences frck received his first prosthetic leg at just 11 months old and at the 8 to four he ran on his first running blade this Unforgettable moment ignited a fire within him for movement speed and the feeling of Freedom that only Athletics could provide I remember the feeling to this day fck told Sports Illustrated it was epic it was so impactful I remember thinking man I need to experience this all the time from that moment on frck was Unstoppable he played soccer basketball and ran track determined to compete alongside his peers but it wasn't until he attended his first adaptive sports event the Endeavor games in Edmund Oklahoma at the age of eight that he realized there was a world of competitive Sports specifically designed for athletes like him more fuel was added to his fire the RO to too if you eat a ling the fire as F grew so did his dreams in 2016 at just 11 years old as he watched the Paro Olympic Games Rio 2016 the teenager made a bold declaration to his friends and family he was going to make the US par Olympic team for Tokyo 2020 everyone said I was crazy he shared it was statistically unlikely I mean in one onee doal saying he's going to make the games in four years is utterly ridiculous many might have dismissed this as the Nave optimism of a child but frck was deadly serious his commitment to his goal never wavered even as the co id19 pandemic postponed the games by a year at 16 at 16 he made good on his promise earning a spot on the US paralympic team however his experience in Tokyo didn't unfold the way he had hoped competing in the t63 high jump frck narrowly missed the podium finishing fifth by a matter of inches the disappointment was crushing this gossip is over if you like the video then give your opinion in the comment box and stay with us by subscribing the channel thank you