Alex Saffy, who has cerebral palsy, broke an Oceanic record with a 56.61 second finish in the men's 100m butterfly S10.
When Alex Saffy left WA's South West at 16 to pursue his para swimming dreams, the hardest part was saying goodbye to his family.
With millions watching around the world, the Bunbury teenager broke into tears as he reflected on how much he had given up to get there. He came in at 56.61 seconds, just behind Italy's Stefano Raimondi, who won seven medals at the 2020 Games, and Ukraine's Ihor Nimchenko — both eight years Saffy's senior."And I'm just glad my family's here because I love them a lot."
"We found a little picture that he drew when he was about eight or nine of him at the LA Olympics," she said."But it was very cute to find and to sort of realise that he had got to where he had ultimately dreamed of as a little boy."The para athlete, who is studying a Bachelor of Commerce part-time, said he was coming to terms with the fact he was paid to swim.But he said it had not been "all sunshine and rainbows"."It's the same for most athletes.
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