Back to the Olympics Newsfeed

The Trials of a Paralympian Whose Disability Doesn’t Always Show

Related Topics: Paralympic Games, John Leland

Christie Raleigh Crossley has trained for most of her life to be an Olympic swimmer. After surviving two car crashes and a brain tumor, she is finally going for gold.

Christie Raleigh Crossley training for the Paris Paralympics in a pool near her home in Toms River, N.J.

Christie Raleigh Crossley has trained for most of her life to be an Olympic swimmer. After surviving two car crashes and a brain tumor, she is finally going for gold.

Christie Raleigh Crossley training for the Paris Paralympics in a pool near her home in Toms River, N.