How winning a silver medal in the Paralympics feels for one MIT grad student

This year’s U.S. Paralympics mixed-four crew won the silver medal in Paris over the weekend.

The athletes hit the water six days a week for the past two years to prepare for the Paris Games. Four competitors have clubfoot, qualifying them for the Paralympics.

Their coxswain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student Emelie Eldracher, is not a para-athlete. Eldracher says winning a silver feels incredible.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.