The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 46 - Recapping the Tokyo Paralympics from a Blind Sports Perspective

In Episode 46 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we look back on the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics which just wrapped up from a blind sports perspective. In the first segment, we are joined by Mason Merren, an analyst for the USA men’s goalball team and son of longtime Paralympic goalball player Tyler Merren. Mason discussed:

• Growing up with visually impaired parents
• How he got into his unique role as a goalball analytics coordinator with the United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA) after attending Florida Atlantic University
• The outcome of the men’s and women’s goalball competitions at the Tokyo Paralympics
• Some interesting statistics and analysis from the events
• His predictions for goalball moving forward and looking ahead to the 2024 Paralympics in Paris

 

In the second segment, host Greg Lindberg talked about the results of some Eyes Free Sports guests who competed in this year’s Paralympics (including Lex Gillette and Kyle Coon), the blind football results, some insight on judo, swimming, and the paratriathlon, and some final thoughts on the Games.