Young Opens Rio Paralympics Saturday

WICHITA, Kan. -- Deja Young will make her long awaited 2016 Paralympic Games debut Saturday in the T47 100 meters in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Young's preliminary race is set for 7:36 p.m., central time, with the final set for 6:56 p.m., Sunday.

A junior at Wichita State, she will also compete in the T47 200 meter preliminary at 6:33 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 15. The 200 meter final is set for 11:27 a.m., Friday, Sept. 16. Times are subject to change. Her Paralympics results page can be found here.

Young trained in Wichita through the beginning of school before travelling to Houston for training with the U.S. team. After a 10-hour flight from Houston, she arrived in Rio Sept. 2. She participated in…