{"676203":{"#nid":"676203","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cassie Mitchell Pursues a 4th Paralympic Medal at Her 4th Straight Games","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s tough to say what keeps pushing Cassie Mitchell to compete in the Paralympics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaybe it\u2019s stubbornness, a refusal to let the degenerative neurological condition that has paralyzed much of her body control what she does.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaybe it\u2019s the fact that, despite three trips to the Paralympic Games going back to London in 2012 and despite medaling in 2016 and 2021, she still doesn\u2019t have an elusive gold medal.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaybe it\u2019s simply that she\u2019s been an athlete her entire life and thrives by pushing herself.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhatever the motivation, Mitchell has qualified for \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.teamusa.com\/profiles\/cassie-mitchell-849540\u0022\u003Eher fourth straight Paralympic Games\u003C\/a\u003E and will compete in the discus throw in Paris when \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.teamusa.com\/paris-2024\/paralympics\u0022\u003Ethe events get underway Aug. 28 \u2013 Sept. 8\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy goal has been to be on the top of the podium, to see the flag come up, to hear the national anthem at a Paralympic Games. I have been blessed to get that at World Championships and some other events, but not at a Paralympic Games,\u201d said \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/bme\/faculty\/Cassie-S.-Mitchell\u0022\u003EMitchell\u003C\/a\u003E, an associate professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/bme.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EWallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech and Emory University. \u201cThat just keeps me coming back. It\u2019s like this sign I keep on my shelf: \u2018Never, never, never give up.\u2019 As long as I am able to go out, be competitive, and have a chance, then I want to keep going.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/cassie-mitchell-pursues-4th-paralympic-medal-her-4th-straight-games\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt may be harder than ever to medal this time, but the Coulter BME faculty member is also working harder than ever to make it happen.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"It may be harder than ever to medal this time, but the Coulter BME faculty member is also working harder than ever to make it happen."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2024-08-26 14:28:10","changed_gmt":"2024-08-27 14:53:46","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-08-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674705":{"id":"674705","type":"image","title":"Mitchell-Paralympics-thumb.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003ECassie Mitchell at the 2024 Paralympic Team Trials in July. (Photo: Joe Kusumoto, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee)\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1724682505","gmt_created":"2024-08-26 14:28:25","changed":"1724682505","gmt_changed":"2024-08-26 14:28:25","alt":"Cassie Mitchell throws the discus at the Paralympic Team Trials (Photo: Joe Kusumoto, U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee)","file":{"fid":"258260","name":"Mitchell-Paralympics-thumb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/26\/Mitchell-Paralympics-thumb.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/08\/26\/Mitchell-Paralympics-thumb.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":670475,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/08\/26\/Mitchell-Paralympics-thumb.jpg?itok=hzdIN2Up"}}},"media_ids":["674705"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"289141","name":"Women in Engineering (WIE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"23101","name":"cassie mitchell"},{"id":"3058","name":"Paralympics"},{"id":"172970","name":"go-neuro"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}