Excitement reigns on social media with less than 100 days to Paralympic Games

From the media to sport organizations to the athletes themselves, social media was alight with excitement as we hit the 100-day mark to the Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer on Sunday.

CBC.ca blitzed their website with several stories about Canadian Paralympians:

Nate Riech wrote a piece for the site’s Player’s Own Voice segment:

I had fun writing an article from my perspective for CBC Sports – the Paralympic is on the horizon, 100 days out! Thank you @cbcsports for the opportunity. @CDNParalympics @csipacific @AthleticsCanada https://t.co/t4qMyHcukk

— Nate Riech (@NateGraywolf) May 16, 2021

CBC’s Scott Russell sat down with IPC president Andrew Parsons to discuss the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, and the future of the Paralympic Movement.

“They will be a symbol of resilience, a symbol of hope” @CBCScottRussell sits down with IPC President @parsonsandrew to discuss the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, and the future of the Paralympic movement

More: https://t.co/INjPG2v1h1 pic.twitter.com/fi4VZf1mgh

— CBC Sports (@cbcsports) May 17, 2021

Sprinter Marissa Papaconstantinou discussed her comeback from disappointment in Rio to contend in Tokyo.

A disqualification at the Rio 2016 Paralympics marked the beginning of a stretch of bad luck that threatened to derail @marissa_paps‘ career

But the Toronto sprinter says the inspiration it provided was better than any medal https://t.co/2kAZHMqWyr

— CBC Sports (@cbcsports) May 16, 2021

Much more content from CBC’s 100 Days to Tokyo coverage is available at CBC.ca/sports/paralympics.

Lori Ewing of The Canadian Press talked to Patrick Anderson, Brent Lakatos and Canada’s chef de mission Stephanie Dixon about the upcoming Games.

Today marks 100 days to Paralympics: Anderson says a medal in Tokyo would be “extra heavy” | The Star https://t.co/pSsaktUIaj

— Lori Ewing (@Ewingsports) May 16, 2021

Among other athletes celebrating the 100-day mark were Trevor Hirschfield of Canada’s national wheelchair rugby team and Tara Llanes of the women’s wheelchair basketball team, who expressed their sentiments on Instagram about the long wait to Tokyo.