While museums and books can talk about the medal, being able to see it renders it tangible, "more than a photograph, more than us just talking or writing about it", Andrews said.
You only get medals if you are able to show the fruits of those labors at a designated place, at a designated time, and in a designated manner.
We are able to contest more sports, more disciplines, more events and more medals than we would previously," he said.
If there were an Olympic medal for being able to pat your head and rub your tummy, she would definitely win.
When Mikaela made a major mistake on the course, thinking about the gold medal, she was able to recover by focusing on the process; the practice of making the same error on the course "a 100 times" and knowing she could get back on course.
"It's a lot of pressure to put on her," she said, adding, "For Elli, I think she looks at it, if my mom could do this and win medals, I should be able to, too".
Asked if those athletes bumped up to medal status should be able to stand on the podium in Rio, he said: "Definitely.
Lucas, who was born without thumbs, said: "It would be amazing to win a medal and to be able to do it in front of family and friends and a home crowd would be something really special".
"But Paul asked me to be his training partner and it's something I do enjoy doing so it was a case of just using this event as a peak and just trying to come away with a medal so to be able to do that was fantastic".
