What strengthens Spence in his belief is the fact that the ideas do not come from a evil genius who doesn’t know what it’s like to fight prejudice. Behind the posts is a group of four people: three of them have a disability, two of them were once Paralympians.
The mastermind is reportedly TikTok Tony, a “genius” who practiced G-sports himself at a young age and knows the Paralympic archive of 13,000 hours of material back to front.
According to Spence, a mix of three factors are causing the videos to go viral so quickly.
“The videos are about top-level sport, they include unique elements of the Paralympic Games and they show the reality of the experience. I always emphasize that we have to stick to those ingredients. Because if we move away from that, we are going to get ourselves into trouble.”
But now the inventors are especially proud of the revolution they are causing.
“We are the Paralympic Games. It is not normal that we have the most popular sports account in the world right now,” said Spence.
“At first, we were looked down on a bit – just like people with disabilities – but we are tearing up the rules and attracting a new audience. We have done our job when some of those 4 million followers watch the Paralympic Games for the first time.”
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