Paralympic hopeful says she lost place on team while recovering from gang rape
Cassie Cava
Cassie Cava  26   was favored to win a medal for snowboarding at the Winter Olympics in March but withdrew from the selection process over a lack of support.
 Cava  who was born with two club feet   was attacked and raped at an undisclosed location in Europe as  she  walked home in 2013.
 She  says  her  bosses made  her  feel “worthless” and “like they want me to be un-raped ” the Telegraph reports.
 She  said: “They say that opening up about something and not getting support is the second trauma or the betrayal.
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In February last year   Cava  was admitted to a mental hospital and diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder related to the gang rape and loss of her leg.
It was later reinstated after an appeal  but after  Cava  was again denied her pleas for another woman to join her — leaving her believing she wasn’t going to be supported “in any way.”
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They added: “Athlete welfare is of the utmost importance to all of us. British Parasnowsport and UK Sport have jointly commissioned Sport Resolutions UK to produce an independent investigation and finding of fact into the allegations raised by Cassie Cava and therefore we are unable to comment further at this stage.”
[TGT]26   was favored to win a medal for snowboarding at the Winter Olympics in March but withdrew from the selection process over a lack of support.
 [TGT]was attacked and raped at an undisclosed location in Europe as  [TGT]  walked home in 2013.
 [TGT]  says  [TGT]  bosses made  [TGT]  feel “worthless” and “like they want me to be un-raped ” the Telegraph reports.
 [TGT]  said: “They say that opening up about something and not getting support is the second trauma or the betrayal.
A post shared by Cassie Cava (@cassie.cava) on Sep 6  2017 at 12:15am PDT
A post shared by Cassie Cava (@cassie.cava) on Jun 5  2016 at 12:17pm PDT
In February last year   [TGT]was admitted to a mental hospital and diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder related to the gang rape and loss of her leg.
It was later reinstated after an appeal  but after [TGT]was again denied her pleas for another woman to join her — leaving her believing she wasn’t going to be supported “in any way.”
A post shared by Cassie Cava (@cassie.cava) on Aug 21  2017 at 11:33pm PDT
They added: “Athlete welfare is of the utmost importance to all of us. British Parasnowsport and UK Sport have jointly commissioned Sport Resolutions UK to produce an independent investigation and finding of fact into the allegations raised by [TGT] and therefore we are unable to comment further at this stage.”