PARIS, France — Editor's note: The photo above is of Moody at the Tokyo Summer Games in 2021
The Paralympics kicked off this week in Paris, and several people with connections to the Peach State were representing Team USA.
Atlanta's Bailey Moody played in a basketball preliminary round against Germany on Friday. The game started around 10 a.m. and was played in Paris' Bercy Arena.
Team USA was victorious, winning 73-44.
Moody was rocking number 43 for the team and scored once, a 2-point shot outside of the paint, about 6 minutes into the fourth quarter.
Team USA moved to the next round, where they will play the Netherlands on Saturday, Aug. 31.
More on Bailey Moody
Bailey Moody is a member of the United States women's national wheelchair basketball team. Moody is making her second Paralympics appearance after she represented Team USA at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
At the young age of 10, Moody was diagnosed with stage four osteosarcoma. Because of that, she underwent a rotationplasty, which resulted in her right leg needing to be amputated in order to help save her chance of having an active life, despite the fact she still had eight months of chemotherapy left.
Originally from Atlanta, Moody went to Providence Christian Academy in Lilburn before going to college at the University of Alabama.
