Former American collegiate swimmer Ali Truwit proves never giving up pays off after she ended up recently taking home the silver twice in the Paralympics, 16 months after she lost her leg in a shark attack.
The 24-year-old swimmer competed in Paris and took home the silver in the women’s 100m backstroke S10 on September 6 and the women’s S10 400-meter freestyle, setting a new American record in the latter with a time of 4:31.39, CNN reported.
“It’s a real full circle moment and speaks to the support I have all around me,” Truwit told members of the press after her race. “When you are truly faced with death and you understand what a second chance at life means, you want to make the most of it.”
“Every day there is something new for me that I learn that kind of evokes a new memory from the attack,” she added. “Because I was conscious the whole time. Truthfully, at the start I thought it was going to be something where I overcame the fear and that was it.”
“I have…