Amy Dixon - You Don't Need Sight To Have Vision Mile High Endurance Podcast

Amy Dixon is a visually impaired professional triathlete and member of the USA Paratriathlon National Team. She is the reigning International Triathlon Union Aquathlon World Champion, US National Champion triathlete, and is ranked 7th in the world in triathlon in the Paralympic international Rankings.
 
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In Today's Show
Feature interview with Amy Dixon, she lost her eyesight at the age of 22 and is a 2021 Paralympic hopeful  What New in the 303 (Last Call Triathlon, ?) Endurance News (Tour wrap and scandal)  
Interview with Amy Dixon:
In the intro we mentioned that Amy Dixon is the current ITU Aquathlon World Champion, USA Paratriathlon National Champion, USA Cycling National Time Trial Champion, and 7-time ITU Triathlon Gold Medalist.
Amy Dixon is a visually impaired professional triathlete and member of the USA Paratriathlon National Team. She is the reigning International Triathlon Union Aquathlon World Champion, US National Champion triathlete, and is ranked 7th in the world in triathlon in the Paralympic international Rankings.
She recently moved to San Diego to focus her training on her road to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Amy lost 98% of her vision to a rare autoimmune disease and now serves as a patient advocate and President of the Glaucoma Eyes international non-profit.
In 2017, Amy founded Camp ‘No Sight No Limits’, the first-ever camp dedicated to producing elite level blind triathletes in San Diego. She hopes to discover, inspire and coach the next generation of elite blind athletes as they embody her mantra, “You don’t need sight to have vision”.
http://www.amydixonusa.com/
https://www.teamusa.org/usa-triathlon/athletes/Amy-Dixon
 
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Endurance News:
The Tour
Phil Liggett said this was the most exciting Tour since 1989 and the 1989 Tour with Greg Lemond and Laurent Fignon.  Stage 19 ends and Primoz Roglic is still in yellow, Tadej Pocacar in white, Sam Bennett in green, Richard Carapaz in polka dot.  Stage 20, the 21 year old Tadej Pocacar rips off a 55'55" ahead of second place Tom Dumoulin with a 57'16".  Primoz Roglic had a 57'51" boom see ya yellow jersey!  Check out that course and the climb at the end where they did bike changes from TT to Road https://www.letour.fr/en/stage-20 Stage 20 Story and Final Results  
Cycling thrown into fresh turmoil with Tour doping investigation
Tue, September 22, 2020, 3:03 AM MDTPARIS (Re