ClubTimes Digital-July 2021

FITNESS & AQUATICS On the Road to Tokyo Bailey Moody heads to the 2021 Paralympic Games Congratulations to Bailey Moody for her selection to the U.S. Women’s National Wheelchair Basketball

Team. After a long wait through the pandemic postponement, she will finally compete in the Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer as Team USA defends their Rio 2016 gold medal. Bailey is one of the youngest players on the 12-woman roster. Always an athlete, Bailey had her leg amputated at the age of ten during a year-long battle with a rare bone cancer called osteosarcoma. Shortly after beating cancer, she discovered adaptive sports including wheelchair basketball. Bailey’s first international competition was the 2018 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. She won a gold medal at the 2019 U25 World Championships in Thailand and a silver medal at the 2019 Parapan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Atlanta Athletic Club’s Fitness Director, Neil Doldo, has trained Bailey for the last few years and should be congratulated for his efforts. “Over the last three years, I have watched Bailey transform into the elite athlete she is today,” Doldo says. “I have never seen someone so determined to perfect her craft. I am certain that no matter what sport she chose, she would be at the level she is today. Not only does she excel on the court, but she is an inspiration to me and all others around her. Adversity is not a word she knows, and everything she does, she does with a smile on her face, no matter how difficult.” Bailey just finished her freshman year at the University of Alabama where she is a member of the 2021 National Championship Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team. Bailey is the daughter of club members, Tiffany and Patrick Moody, the niece of Tyler and Candace Smith, and the granddaughter of David and Cindy Smith. The 2021 Paralympic Games in Tokyo will take place August 24 through September 5.

U25 World Championships, Thailand 2019