It was the elephant in the room many across the Canadian Paralympic Committee framework — and certainly the Canadian athletes — didn’t want to talk too much about in the lead up to the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021.
That the heavy restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic might dramatically affect athlete preparation and performance for those Games.
Athletes didn’t want to make it seem like they were making excuses. Support staff didn’t want to get in the athlete’s heads about how drastically derailed their training had become.
So on they went, preparing in the most challenging circumstances while trying to remain
