aerospace grade aluminum wheelchair to go for the gold medal in the chuck aoki. three-time medalist and team usa wheelchair rugby cocaptain, chuck aoki . thank you for joining us today. adaptive athletes can play so many different sports. what attracted you to the sport of rugby? >> that is a great question. thank you for having me. i grew up and played a lot adaptive sports, tried everything, basketball, track and field, swimming. i heard about this whole can't export as a 15-year-old boy. it sounded fun. i went to a practice and got beat up for 2.5 hours. i fell in love with it. i never looked back. >> chuck, how does it feel to be a role model at this time? you never had younger adaptive athletes to look up to to inspire you you found that inspiration. you can now serve as a role model for others. >> it means so much, katie. adaptive athletes are not super visible. through my advocacy work in my career in athletics, social media, when you grow up disabled, you seek professional athletes but nobody who looks like you. it is a powerful thing, if you can see it,