Lawrence Sapp looked anxiously into the camera of his Zoom call.
The moment he was waiting for had been a long time coming. The moment he'd dreamt of since he first hit the pool with a summer swim club in 2005. The moment that would prove every team who failed to recognize his talent along the way wrong.
The moment he was deemed more than good enough, he was approaching great.
His muted microphone covered up the beat of his racing heart. His mother stood behind him with her phone ready to record the reaction of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic hopeful’s fate.