So there's not necessarily a person I really admire besides my mom. I always say that if my mom was not what she has been, I would not be here. If you want something, you have to fight for it. She wanted me to go to normal schools, not disabled schools, to make sure I had the right to do what I was capable of doing, and not just be nobody. She is here in Sydney now.
Wheelchair racing is exactly like cycling.
But it's the same technology. Between poor and rich countries, there are big differences in wheelchairs. But when you're a top-level athlete, they're pretty much all the same. One of the best wheelchair relay teams in the world is from Thailand. But the rest are from Europe, the U.S., Canada, Australia and Japan.