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Posted: 2024-09-05T18:35:51Z | Updated: 2024-09-05T23:23:15Z

U.S. Paralympic swimmer Christie Raleigh Crossley has added two more medals to their Paris tally.

The first-time Paralympian won the gold medal on Tuesday in the 100-meter backstroke S9, breaking the Paralympic record with a time of 1:07.02. On Wednesday, she swam to silver in the womens 100-meter freestyle S9. (Raleigh Crossley uses the pronouns she and they.)

Last week, the American swimmer set a world record and then won a silver medal in the 50-meter freestyle S9 race on the same day. But her moment was tainted by online commenters, including other athletes, who questioned her disability because its not as visible as others.

People tell me I dont look disabled, but Im a Paralympian and Im going for gold, Raleigh Crossley said afterwards in an as-told-to story published on Today.com .

And shes not done yet, with more events still on her competition schedule.

I just escape, Raleigh Crossley, a mom of three, said of the harassment, according to The Washington Post . Thank God I have my kids here. I went into that mode. I immersed myself outside of Team USA. I took a step away from Team USA para swimming all together.

Just reaching out to the people who do care about me has been important, she added.

Since last week, shes received an outpouring of messages of support on social media, including many from other para athletes.