8 of the Team USA Athletes We Are Excited to Watch at the 2021 Paralympic Games

Allysa Seely (@triallysa on Instagram) won gold at the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio and is a three-time ITU Paratriathlon World Champion (2015, 2016, 2018). Over her career, she's won 12 (!) gold medals at ITU World Paratriathlon events.

In 2016, Seely was featured the ESPN Magazine's The Body Issue. In 2019, she won an ESPY for best female athlete with a disability. In 2010, she was diagnosed with Chiari II malformation, basilar invagination, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Complications from these diagnoses and subsequent surgeries led to the amputation of her left leg below the knee.

Personal motto: "When workouts get hard and painful, I say to myself, 'This is what gold is made of.'"