Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020: Flash Quotes 8.28.2021

Flash Quotes

Friday: 8.28.2021

Russell Gernaat

PR2 Mixed Double Sculls

"Actually, it was a really good race. I think one of the things that we're happy about is some of those boats like the Ukraine and Brazil beat us in Austria at the world championships in 2019 and today it wasn't quite that gap. We put down a very reasonable time on the course in the headwind and we feel like, ultimately, it could have been a little bit better, but still just really happy with how it all turned out."

...on training alone and not competing for two years

"We go to Chula and you've got your coach in the launch and there's no one else around—it's just us. That makes training for competitions like this quite challenging and it's such a different environment when you can hear and feel and see your competition out of the corner of your eye."

Laura Goodkind

PR2 Mixed Double Sculls

"It's great to be racing against other nations rather than our coach's imagination and making up boats. To have that experience live and in-person and have these Games still being held is really cool."