How to Watch Alumna Kym Crosby Compete in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Meet ‘The Flash’: Kym Crosby (Kinesiology, ’18) competed for the Chico State Wildcats from 2013 to 2015 before transitioning to train at the US Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. She won a bronze medal in the 100 meters and finished fourth in the 400 in the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games and plans to vie for medals in both events in Tokyo.

Read our previous profiles:

• ‘Limited Sight, Limitless Dreams’: Chico Paralympian Wins Rio Bronze (2016)
• Chico State Runner Competes for Spot on Paralympic Team (2014)

Events

In the Paralympics, athletes are assessed and placed into competition categories according to how much their impairment affects sports performance. Crosby was born with albinism and has no pigment in her hair, skin, or eyes, and is legally blind with 20/400 vision. She competes in the T13 classification, which includes track athletes with the least severe vision impairment eligible to compete in the Paralympics. In Crosby’s case, she can make out the white lines contrasted against dark-colored tracks, allowing her to run within them.

Crosby is one of the best in the world in the T13 classification and will compete in both the 100-meter and 400-meter races in Tokyo.

How to Watch

• 100-meter prelim—August 30, 6:30 p.m. PST
• 100-meter final—August 31, 4:10 a.m. PST
• 400-meter prelim—September 1, 5:28 a.m. PST
• 400-meter final—September 3, 6:08 p.m. PST

You can catch Crosby in action on the Peacock streaming service or at nbcolympics.com.

Crosby is considered to be one of Team USA’s secret weapons, and Wildcats around the world will undoubtedly be cheering her on as she takes the global stage. Limited sight. Limitless dreams.

Follow Her Journey

You can follow Crosby’s journey on her Instagram and Facebook.

(You can also follow her guide dog, Tron, on Instagram @tron_guidedog. Don’t expect romps around Tokyo, though—Tron wasn’t able to travel with Crosby due to coronavirus restrictions and is relaxing at home during the games.)