Valorant pro, has won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.In a remarkable change from his former Valorant life, Australian swimmer, Crothers, competed in the Paralympics Men’s 50m freestyle S10 class and won gold with a time of 23.21, just 0.05 seconds slower than the current world record.Crothers has Cerebral Palsy which affects movement capabilities and motor functions.
According to an interview with a Guardian Australia reporter, the swimmer and former Valorant pro only began swimming as a way to help him with his condition and that “he hated it at first”.Outstanding interview from Rowan Crothers.
Says his parents got him into swimming to help him with his cerebral palsy. He hated it at first. Now he’s an elite athlete, he says.
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