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2020 Summer Paralympics to Air on NBC
Tekoa's Susannah Scaroni makes her third Paralympics appearance in Tokyo after winning the U.S. trials in June in the women's wheelchair 5,000 meters and 1,500 meters races.
TOKYO – Susannah Scaroni is competing for the USA on the track and field team in the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.
Scaroni is one of the 65 people on the track and field team. Team USA has 240 members overall. She won the U.S. trials in June in the women's wheelchair 5,000 meters and 1,500 meters races.
"Following the year-long postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening ceremony will take place ... Aug. 24 with competition beginning Aug. 25 and concluding Sept. 6," said a United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee spokesperson.
The competition features 22 sports, including the addition of badminton and taekwondo, which make their debut in Tokyo.
To watch Scaroni compete, NBCUniversal is providing 1,200 hours of Paralympic programming of the Tokyo Games, including the first primetime broadcasts of more than 200 hours of TV coverage among NBC, NBCSN and the Olympic Channel:
"Forty-one states and the District of Columbia are represented with California (25), Illinois (12), Arizona (11), Colorado (11), Minnesota (11), New York (11) and Washington (11) leading the way," said the spokesperson. "The 2020 roster includes 121 women and 113 men."
"After an unparalleled year, our incredible roster of (240) is ready to show the world the athleticism and determination of Team USA on the Tokyo stage," said Julie Dussliere, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee chief of Paralympic sport. "We can't wait to cheer them on as they live out their dreams in front of the nation and the globe."
Bill Stevenson is the former editor of the Whitman County Gazette, Colfax Daily Bulletin and Franklin Connection. He has nearly 30 years of journalism experience covering news in Eastern Washington.
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