COUNTDOWN IS ON AHEAD OF THE MMER OLYMPICS IN PARIS. >> IT'S A STORY FILLED WITH CHALLENGES, OPTIMISM AND LOTS OF INSPIRATION. >> JAYDEN BLACKWELL WAS BORN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, BUT THAT HASN'T STOPPED THE 20 YEAR OLD FROM LIVING HIS DREAM OF BEING A RECORD BREAKING SPRINTER ON THE WORLD STAGE. KIMBERLY GILL IS HERE WITH JAYDEN'S STORY. HEY. HI, GUYS. >> IT WAS THIS TIME LAST YEAR. JAYDEN BLACKWELL WON GOLD IN THE 100M SPRINT AT THE PARALYMPIC TRACK WORLD COMPETITION IN PARIS. TODAY HE'S IN FLORIDA AT THE US PARALYMPIC TEAM TRIALS, COMPETING FOR A CHANCE TO GO BACK TO PARIS, BUT THIS TIME TO REPRESENT TEAM USA AT THE PARALYMPIC GAMES IN AUGUST. >> TL ME HOW YOU FEELING HEADING INTO TRIALS THIS WEEKEN? >> I'M FEELING PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, I'M CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITIES TO DO WHAT I NEED TO DO OUT ON THE TRACK AND GET MY TIMES DOWN AND JUST GET THE WIN. >> SO AFTER TRIALS COMES PARIS. WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT IN THE ATMOSPHERE. YEAH, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PARIS. >> I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY IN THERE. IT'S IN THERE. >> IT'S OUT THERE. SO. SO, WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN TO YOU? >> IT'LL MEAN A REALLY GOOD THING FOR ME. I MEAN, I LIKE, KIND OF LIKE FIRST PARALYMPICS, AND I MEAN, I GET TO REALLY OWCASE WHAT I CAN DO, WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING SINCE I REALLY STARTED MY PRO CAREER IN PARALYMPICS, AND JUST REALLY JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUT THERE. >> AT 20 YEARS OLD, JAYDEN IS AN ADAPTIVE SPRINTER WHO COMPETES IN THE MEN'S 100 METER AND 400 METER RACES. HE SET THE 400 METER T38 WORLD RECORD AT 48.49 SECONDS IN PARIS LAST JULY. HE WANTS TO USE HIS STORY TO MOTIVATE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE TO THE SPORT, WHILE ALSO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW ABO CEREBRAL PALSY, WHAT? >> WHAT IS THAT? >> IT AFFECTS PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS, YOU CAN HAVE IT IN YOUR ARM AND YOUR LEGS. IT CAN BE REALLY ANYWHERE IN YOUR HEAD. REALLY. LIKE IT DEPENDS ON LIKE HOW BAD OR LIKE HOW LESS DO YOU HAVE IT? >> YOU MENTIONED FOR YOU, YOU HAVE A MILD CASE. >> MY CASE IS LIKE REALLY MILD. SO I HAVE TIGHTNESS IN MY LEGS. SO REALLY I CAN'T REALLY DO REALLY CERTAIN LIKE RUNNING EXERCISES FOR THAT LONG BECAUSE MY MUSCLES WILL LIKE TIGHTEN UP. SO REALLY I'M KIND OF LIKE STRETCH OUT OR WALK OR JUST REST FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE MY LEG. MY LEGS CAN, GET BACK TO NORMAL. YEAH NORMAL. THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO PUT IT. >> CEREBRAL PALSY ISN'T JAYDEN'S ONLY CHALLENGE IN 2022. HIS GRANDMOTHER, A NURSE AT THE DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER, WAS KILLED. THE TWO WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE. >> YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT PERSON TO YOU. SHE WAS AT EVERY TRACK MEET AND SADLY, YOU LOST HER A FEW YEARS AGO. >> YEAH, YEAH. SHE WAS TAKEN FROM US FROM DOMESTIC ABUSE. IT'S REALLY DEVASTATING THAT SHE'S NOT HERE AND I MISS HER DEEPLY, AND REALLY THAT KIND OF JUST LIKE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY DRIVES ME TO REALLY BE THE BEST ATHLETE AND PERSON THAT I CAN BE. SO I JUST WANT TO LIKE, REALLY JUST SET A GOOD EXAMPLE FROM HER THAT'S REALLY WATCHING UP THERE. AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE THAT SEES ME AS A ROLE MODEL, BASICALLY, HIS COACH, FRED GEORGE, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH JAYDEN FOR NEARLY A DECADE. >> THE AMAZING PART ABOUT IT IS I THINK AS HE CONTINUES TO IMPROVE, I THINK HE CAN RUN WITH MANY ABLE BODIED ATHLETES. YOU KNOW, I THINK HE'S PROBABLY A YEAR OR TWO AWAY FROM RUNNING WITH ANYBODY. SO WE JUST GOT TO KEEP, YOU KNOW, STAY ON THE PATH AND KEEP WORKING. AND I THINK IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO HE'LL BE THERE. YEAH >> COME ON. >> PRETTY INCREDIBLE RIGHT. WELL I SPOKE TO JAYDEN'S MOM TODAY. SHE TOLD ME THAT HE WILL COMPETE TOMORROW MORNING