When one thinks of the Olympics we often think of athletic hero’s.
When we think of the Paralympics we often think of athletic hero’s who overcome incredible feats.
However, the official @Paralympics TikTok account is telling a different story and it has people puzzled.
Take this video for example. Instead of applauding this cyclist on their incredible feat of cycling with just one leg the TikTok account seems to make fun of this very thing.
@paralympics LEFT…LEFT…LEFT…
Or this one, where a blind swimmer is notified they are getting close to the wall.
@paralympics Blind swimmers getting bopped. 💥
Or this one which shows a wheelchair user celebrating their win at table tennis.
The internet is feeling some type of way about how the official Paralympics TikTok has chosen to portray their athletes.
\u201cbit weird that the offical paralympics tiktok has so many videos mocking their own athletes\u201d— yasmin (@yasmin) 1681720428
\u201c@ycsm1n Occasionally is understandable since the Olympics account also does jokes every now and then but the frequency of this one is a bit weird. It\u2019s to the point it kinda comes off as mocking.\u201d— yasmin (@yasmin) 1681720428
\u201c@ycsm1n @butchjpg It\u2019s like who are the audience that they\u2019re trying to reach with those videos?\u201d— yasmin (@yasmin) 1681720428
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Criticizers even include Paralympian Brenna Huckaby.
\u201c@AdequateEmily The athletes hate these.. not only that they made fun of one of the athletes with dwarfism and there\u2019s literally another video of them on there saying they hate when people laugh at them..\u201d— AdequateEmily (@AdequateEmily) 1677826200
Hopefully these athletes will receive the respect they deserve.