Para athlete Noelle Malkamaki hopes to compete in Paris

John Williams

US Para Track & Field athlete, Decatur native, and DePaul University alum Noelle Malkamaki joins John Williams and Ryan Burrow to talk about competing against non-disabled athletes growing up and at DePaul, when she fell in love with track and field, how she came to start competing in the Para games, what she’s doing to getting ready for the Paralympic trials in July, the way NIL has changed the terrain of college athletics, who her biggest competition will be at the trials, and the difficulty coming to terms with being a disabled athlete.

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Para shot putter Noelle Malkamaki is always pushing

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