When Nick Mayhugh walked off the track at the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi, he could “still feel that pit” in his stomach. He could remember how he felt when he was informed that his “MRI was worse than we thought the day I left for Nationals.” The American sprinter had finished fourth in the T37 long jump final, narrowly missing the podium. Yet, his post on social media revealed the deeper story behind that performance. “4th in the World. PB, American Record,” he wrote. And after the meet, he revealed the real reason behind why he faltered.

For an athlete who has cerebral palsy and competes across both T37 and T38 classifications, even reaching Delhi to represent his nation was a victory of its own. In the social media post after his race in Delh

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