last squared, you're watching dw, coming up next sports life meets a gymnast born with down syndrome, who's dreaming of winning gold at the special olympics. don't forget our website dw dot com, a michael logan for me and the rest of the team. thanks for watching and bye for now. the votes, people have to say the that's why we listen to based on the ritual every weekend on d w. my name is elizabeth, i'm the calls back. said wow, thank you so much for joining in. welcome to don't hold bad. a lot of people do

that. it's all about saying it allowed me sort of being nosy bay like good everyone to king the healthy award winning called called the called back. the . what's it like being a gymnast in your own world? a special world, his name is ralph mccully. i'm 18 years old. and i love gymnastics for the head. the grosso correctly that 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. i go to saying, i love you so much. this will be a journey to remember for a rough month. she bids 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 goes to when i rode over to the 7 rough most mother noticed her daughter's condition when she was just 2 months old a moment when their whole lives changed can. so i the it came as a showed up. so i started to read about down syndrome and went to another dr. ramos buddy was excessively flexible. so even later on she was still unable to walk. i

started with different therapies at home and in the hospital. eventually she slowly started to stand on her feet when she was reusing days to actually that'd be after trying different kinds of sports. russell, my discovery gymnastics. and in a very short space of time, she went to gold medals in the 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. little i have 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 will 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 well,

she has a very strong bond to her coach. she's become part of her family. the, as i said, that even with that it has to be a coach for a special needs. absolutely. you need to be sufficiently qualified to understand the personality with rock likes placed in class begins and been given the information one piece of the car. yeah, i need to have the model number because that they've been training together for 3 years. at 1st in artistic gymnastics. i love coaches fan and i'm grateful. first time in somewhere in rosemont is preparing for for disciplines. rope to fall, and ribbon. i love the ball the most, especially my purple one. i then did the the window where this ring, mine gave me,

i feel happy and excited about winning 1st place as of her as the tomorrow's the big day. it's the 1st time that rock ma will be away from family rep . no, 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 but it's the pretty my and well, i don't pay anymore about how society looks up on, on the contracts. 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 out both of these items. let's 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 this done in the so the, the after a very long overnight journey, rockmart is glad to arrive in her hotel room. that goes up. are you ok? yes i am. are you happy? good. how you will become a champion and to reach your dream, you should focus on the yes i will,

the housing 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. or 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 as organized a past. welcome program. the you have the

love the green here and the trees. the next stop city hall will be crossing i think is but the special olympics will games team from each which made a we with which one all and 4 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 describe my happiness. to the good that i had done the

happy and religious for 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 hollow. the amazing during the opening ceremony because i was thinking of the approaching competition. so the and so called of to

the next day, the games begin with natalie. it's competing in $26.00 different supports, egypt is making it said you and rhythmic gymnastics special needs that leads require extra care and attention ahead of their events. the height of feeling. the most important thing on the day of computation used to prepay them will mean. because of the stress they'll face when they see opus big titus to judge us, i know the commotion as the special then can have difficulty handling things, lack of the pain, and not the union. the moment in the end of the time and that before her big moment run my culture mom for good luck. then it's her turn. the,

the, my dream was to get the gold and they ended up with 4 metals. this is for egypt. i love egypt and i missed my country, a lot of drama. 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 carry on doing gymnastics. i want to environmental the the, the view will tell you

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