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**Summary:**
This article focuses on para-athlete Ezra Frech, his recent signing with a major athletic apparel company, and his participation in the USA Track and Field Outdoor and Para National Championships. Frech is a strong advocate for integrating Paralympic sports into mainstream coverage. He aims to normalize disability and change perceptions of what’s possible. He won the T63 para classification in the long jump. His family is supportive of his mission, especially his mother who gave up her acting career. The article also previews the final day of the championships, highlighting other notable athletes and events.
**News Article:**
**Para-Athlete Ezra Frech Leaps into Limelight with Major Sponsorship, Pushes for Paralympic Integration**
**Eugene, OR** – Ezra Frech, a 20-year-old Paralympic track and field star, is making waves both on and off the field. Fresh off signing a four-year contract with a major German athletic apparel giant, Frech secured first place in the T63 para classification in the long jump at the USA Track and Field Outdoor and Para National Championships at Hayward Field. His family cheered him on from the stands.
Born with a twisted left leg and missing fingers on his left hand (his leg was amputated when he was 3), Frech has become a prominent advocate for the inclusion and normalization of Paralympic sports. He sees this as an opportunity for paralympic athletes and their sport. He also premiered his documentary, Adaptive.
“Everything he does is because he wants to normalize disability and change people’s perceptions of what’s possible,” said his mother, Bahar Soomekh.
Frech is competing in the high jump and 100 meters on Saturday, the final day of the para-athlete competition and a qualifier for the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi. He aims to break his own T63 world record in the high jump.
The joint holding of the outdoor and para championships for the first time is a step in the right direction to integrate both disabled and non-disabled athletes together.
The final day of the USA Track and Field Outdoor and Para National Championships will feature several other notable events, including the men’s and women’s 20K race/walk finals, the men’s 400-meter hurdle finals with Rai Benjamin, and the men’s 1,500-meter final with Cole Hocker. The meet continues Sunday.
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