Bromont native and snowboarding champion Maxence Parrot is anticipated to reach in Beijing on the finish of the month to participate within the winter Olympics, and he expects just a few demanding moments alongside the best way due to COVID-19 protocols.
“I did a [COVID-19] take a look at immediately to get again house,” he stated, talking from his resort in Aspen, Colorado. “I’ll most likely do a take a look at once I get again house on the airport, and I've to do two extra checks subsequent week simply earlier than going to the Olympics, so it’s like 4 to 5 checks in every week, which is loopy after all, however it's what it's.”
The Chinese language authorities has imposed strict COVID-19 testing upon arrival, with a threshold larger than what has been the norm to journey world wide, creating the concern that some athletes may find yourself being excluded by way of false-positive outcomes.
Parrot is spending this weekend in Colorado, competing for gold on the X-Video games, the place athletes from world wide compete yearly in excessive sports activities. He’s earned 13 gold and silver medals through the years. Parrot additionally received the silver medal on the final winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in 2018.
“My aim is to go for the gold, that’s for certain. But when I don’t have the gold, I received’t have any regrets,” stated the 27-year-old.
Parrot’s cautious confidence comes from his battle with most cancers. In 2019, the younger athlete’s profession may have stopped in its tracks following a prognosis of Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
“You recognize, you might have 12 remedies of chemo, you don’t know if the therapy’s gonna work, you don’t understand how your physique’s gonna react to the therapy, it’s a number of unknowns,” he stated.
And but, Parrot not solely recovered from most cancers, however was capable of go straight again to competitors just a few months later.
He determined to offer again to the group by becoming a member of a basis elevating funds for Hodgkin’s lymphoma analysis known as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada. He additionally self-produced a documentary out there by way of his web site, which viewers can watch in alternate for a donation.
“ Very first thing I advised my youngsters is, I can do it,” says Parrot’s mom within the documentary — a message the younger athlete has since made his personal.
“I need to encourage individuals you possibly can battle something in life,” he stated.
His subsequent battle will probably be on the slopes in Beijing, the place he’ll be aiming for gold.
Canada's Maxence Parrot takes off throughout snowboard slopestyle qualification on the Sochi Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyna, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. (Jonathan Hayward / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
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