{"id":902,"date":"2021-07-23T10:11:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T10:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/?p=902"},"modified":"2021-07-23T15:11:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T15:11:46","slug":"wsi-statement-on-paralympic-swimmer-becca-meyersa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wsi-statement-on-paralympic-swimmer-becca-meyersa\/","title":{"rendered":"WSI STATEMENT ON PARALYMPIC SWIMMER, BECCA MEYERSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is alarming and wrong that USOPC does not protect the rights of its athletes with\u00a0disabilities in #Tokyo2020.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-794 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WSI_logo_2-300x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WSI_logo_2-300x100.jpg 300w, https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WSI_logo_2-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WSI_logo_2-1024x341.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/WSI_logo_2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">WSI Statement on Paralympic Swimmer, Becca Meyersa<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">July 2021<\/p>\n<p><b>It is alarming and wrong that USOPC does not protect the rights of its athletes with\u00a0disabilities in #Tokyo2020. The USOPC\u2019s denial of essential and reasonable accommodations for 2x Paralympic deaf-blind swimmer and 6x medalist Becca Meyersa and the ongoing inequities for athletes with disabilities is appalling.\u00a0Becca has chosen through her actions to champion change and shine a light on abelism, discrimination,\u00a0inequities and the rights of athletes with disabilities\u00a0despite the heartbreak and anguish of what is happening to her. As WSI, we #StandWithBeccaMeyers.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-903\" src=\"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Becca-171x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Becca-171x300.jpeg 171w, https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Becca-584x1024.jpeg 584w, https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/sport\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Becca.jpeg 617w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is alarming and wrong that USOPC does not protect the rights of its athletes with\u00a0disabilities in #Tokyo2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/womensportinternational.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}