American Daniel Romanchuk is among the high wheelchair-racing Paralympians on the planet and proved it on the world stage in 2021 when he took house a gold medal within the 400-meter T54 and a bronze within the marathon T54.
Romanchuk, a Mount Airy, Maryland, native, has had the chance to symbolize the United States a number of instances and mirrored on it in an interview with Fox News Digital.
Daniel Romanchuk of the United States reacts after profitable the bronze medal within the males’s marathon T54 on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium Sept. 5, 2021, in Tokyo. (Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
“It’s an enormous honor to have the ability to go to the Games and to symbolize the U.S. on a world stage,” he stated in a current interview. “After all the things had sunk in with profitable the 400, at first, I used to be simply grateful. Really grateful to God for the alternatives that I’ve had. And to the sponsors, and family and friends, teammates, coaches, everybody who had helped me alongside my journey.”
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Romanchuk, who launched Wheels for Change and was a member of the Clif Corps’ Athlete Coalition, stated he’s coaching laborious to hopefully get an opportunity to carry again one other gold medal from Paris.
Daniel Romanchuk of the United States competes within the Men’s 800-meter T54 warmth on the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Olympic Stadium Sept. 2, 2021, in Tokyo. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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“I believe one factor I realized from my youth sports activities program is simply give it all the things I’ve in each coaching and preparation and within the race. And no matter occurs, occurs. Just do your greatest and, if I do my greatest, I’ll be pleased with no matter occurs.”
Romanchuk competed for the U.S. within the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro earlier than profitable in Tokyo.
Daniel Romanchuk of the U.S. celebrates on the podium after the boys’s wheelchair race throughout the 2024 TCS London Marathon April 21, 2024, in London. (Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
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He’s additionally picked up a number of victories on the marathon circuit. He received the Chicago and New York marathons in 2018 and the Boston and London marathons in 2019.
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