this is my name is russell mccully. i'm 18 years old. i and i love gymnastics for the head. the bertha crawley. small was born with down syndrome and is now a champion egyptian gymnast. i'm a strong person with a strong will and dream suddenly. she's traveling to europe for the 1st time to take part in the world's largest inclusive sporting event. the special olympics in berlin about coaches saying i love you so much. busy this will be a journey to remember for rough months, she bits for her 1st international title, the rest of my lives with their family in their cairo home. or i loved my mom,

dad, and my brother. my mom supports me a lot and accompanies me to training sessions. and my dad does to read. i read the rest. most mother noticed her daughter's condition when she was just 2 months old. a moment when their whole lives changed can cite the it came as a showed up. so i started to read about down syndrome and went to another dr. ramos, but he was excessively flexible. so even late um, she was still unable to walk. astonished with different therapies at home and in the hospital. eventually she slowly started to stand on her feet when she was really used to actually that'd be or after trying different kinds of sports. roughly about discovery gymnastics. and in a very short space of time, she went to gold metals and then national competition the

by the have. i was so happy to win the gold medal. i hadn't been expecting it. so when they told me i tried, tears of joy. rock ma has a great passion for theatre and dancing and has participated in a range of performances for the ministry of culture will have books to have. i really loved dancing and i'd like to go back to performing on stage one day grandma. oh, now it's time to go to training with her dad, mom and her cousin, the

they bring rough mom to training 4 times a week. here she meets up with other teenagers with special needs. and of course, with her coaches go rhythmic gymnastics is my life, the browser, the 1st thing i do, the training is warm up and then i start my performance. the i love the gymnastics outfit because my body looks athletic, the bravo me. she has a very strong bond to her coach. she's become part of her family. the, as i said, that you will, that have to be a coach for a special needs. actually, you need to be sufficiently qualified to understand a personality with rock likes placed in class because i'm been given the

information one piece of the time. yeah, i need to have them. i don't wanna move into that. they've been training together for 3 years. at 1st in artistic gymnastics, i love coaches and, and i'm grateful for his time and soaring. rosemont is preparing for for a disciplined rope to fall and rubin the ball the most, especially my purple one. i then did the the women where this ring, mom gave me, i feel heavy and excited about winning 1st place as of hired as a good the tomorrow's the big day. it's the 1st time that rough my will be away from family rep. oh, i'm not scared about traveling. i'm just happy and excited because i have a goal to achieve winning a goal. meta for egypt, a highly. the house was the most

noble. it's the pretty my love. i don't pay anymore about how society looks. i'm on the contrary. racks, i'm super proud of all of her life. she's been saying that she wants to be a wealth champion and wants to try the guy. let me see. i see the 4 days before the special olympics get under way. egypt, a 109 strong delegation arrives in germany, the 12. this is my 1st time in germany, and i'm really happy with the to the,

the after a very long overnight journey. rockmart is glad to arrive in her hotel room. the goods that are you. okay. yes i am. are you happy? good. yeah. how you will become a champion and to reach your dream? you should focus on the yes i will. how's the amen? pleased of crying. meanwhile, may god be with you all the so i'm not crying. well, i'm just so happy for you to do it for more than 200 towns in germany are hosting the delegations from all over the world s and is the temporary home for the egyptian team and has organized

a welcome program. the bills have is all the lovely green here and the trees and the next stop city hall will be crossing i think is but the special olympics will games team from h which made

a we with which one all in for full metals and bracing the egyptian flag yes. the one day before the special olympics commence, the egypt team arrives in berlin. time for rough mode to explore the capital. good, i love the rain. you love it. so so much i can't describe my happiness. to the good that i had done the happy in the atlanta so beautiful. what do you think of this place?

it's amazing. the. the opening ceremony kicks off with 6 and a half 1000 athletes parading around berlin's olympic stadium. and more than 50000 people cheering them on from the stands. how it and it has amazing during the opening ceremony because i was thinking of the approaching competition. so the hold of to the next day, the games begin with athletes competing in 26 different sports. egypt is making it said view and rhythmic gymnastics special needs athletes require extra care and attention ahead of their events. the,

i guess the most important thing on the day of competition is to prepay them will mean because of the stress they'll face when they see opus big titus, the judges. i know the commotion to the special and seem to have difficulty handling things like other people. and i've seen in the time of that before her big moments run my culture month for good luck. then it's her turn. the

go to my dream was to get the gold and they ended up with 4 metals. this is for egypt. good. i love egypt and i missed my country a lot, almost my mom cried because she was so happy i got the 1st place. as the rough mom has left her home country for the 1st time and will take away experiences

for her whole life. i'm going to area on doing gymnastics. i want to environmental or the so you don't think and feel the same way you expect. and one different thing in some lines in your parent, i just want to pursue what sets my salon fire or you think your kid is 2 different, risky, irresponsible, unreasonable, all stuff. i want my son to become a doctor, to in the clouds. it's time to, to us and then when generations class this week on

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