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tv   Sports Life  Deutsche Welle  July 3, 2022 3:15pm-3:31pm CEST

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so says that he was then taken to a very northern, very remote little town of several mosque, and that is also where the russian northern fleet is located at. so perhaps he's already started his mandatory military service. ok, complicated cloak and dagger story. they are filled up with the latest. thanks very much. and coming up we have a story of a young man who was told by doctor that he would never be able to walk. and now he's a sport student that's next time sports life. so check out that and stay with us for more at the top the, our claim bluecross yet devastated houses of to are we can with cars carry effects of climate change or being felt
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worldwide before a station in the rain forest continued carbon dioxide emissions have risen again, young people all over the world are committed to climate protection. what impact will because change doesn't happen on its own. make up your own mind. d. w. lead for mine's a boy. oh boy. a.
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mm. this is johnny. when he was told, he would never be able to walk since birth. he's lived with extreme muscular spasms . he wants to be accepted as an athlete and a sports student. we go back to that when he is supported by a handful of carers, 16 hours a day. i really know johnny is in a constant fight. it's bureaucratic hurdles and exclusion. sports is his way to really stress. i was covering her when it comes to my buddy and my disability sports is my elixir of life without it's, i wouldn't be able to lead an independent life because i wouldn't be able to move properly. and i'm, and that's why sports is my medicine. my only form of medicine and i wanted to stay
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that way when it's not needed. so it is all sublime, ah, has a veto, 4th for them in common. how i came to study sports is actually a funny story. i wanted to study medicine to go into my own field of treatment, but couldn't do that because of the practical year. and then my former physiotherapists said to me, why don't you study something where you can implement your training on the sport? to my, my 1st reaction was he's off his rocker. so i asked, are you going to run the 3000 meters for me in the aptitude test or what do like them if i go suspended? i told me not among men of dicey festival. when i have the severest form of this disability with a strong focus on my legs because of this, i normally shouldn't be able to sit or even walk or eat by myself lighted on monday . my luggage to day johnny's usual,
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swimming pool is occupied. that's why he's had to settle for the cold basin. the cold water can be problematic and makes his muscles cramp even more to keep warm. he has to power through from this stuff. he can only rely on his arms while swimming because his legs are partially paralyzed. johnny has a rigorous training regime. on average, he spends 4 hours per day working out. ah,
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johnny doesn't just swim. he's a bit of a devil and has tons of crazy stuff. ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah, as well i actually got the idea of jumping off the 7 and a half me to tower by chance to buy. ah ah, i was angry that people don't treat me like a normal person. even people that have 9 me for a long time, lieutenant. ah, ah. oh, that didn't happen. of course some things might be nervous, but am i really scared? something could happen, but i could also just fall over on the street and hit my head.
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ah, as of anything if i think about my fears? no, i'm not scared. i just try things out and see whether they work out on notice with after swimming, johnny has a quick chat with one of his favorite professors to discuss his studies and future athletic goals. and i gotta provides a woo. yon border busy, busy hands knocked him even. you couldn't do better than ever. england made this one then hutch, bottom of them. it is when we don't even swim when he gives us an example like no missing of a is glad he has who the there for shits on coin funnel says he doesn't dizziness as of goblins. gibbons. i was off. i'd challenge on the ultimate things. i think with johnny is not that
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optimistic about the situation disabled people face at jamming universities when given some language. but when they come to, sometimes i get the feeling that the sports universities, the most important thing is the performance of the athletes. and the way you are perceived there relates to the amount of metals you win, and that's why i have the feeling a wheelchair doesn't fit in to the image of a sports university. doesn't know i was running some of them if one of what were food of us. when confronted with johnny's views, the head of the university's disability office has a different opinion. is for dorothea, i definitely regret and strongly disagree with this statement. lena, orders me from my perspective, it was never important. if someone brings back a metal or not, you know, machine guns won't us. if we take a look at the $20.00 to $30.00 students at our university with challenging disabilities, duncan always does. i don't think any of them will say, i'm only welcome here because i might win a metal some day, but com guys and volition. and i think they'll say we're allowed to study here like
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everyone else. and we're judged by the same criteria with which we are being treated equally. huston as vivian gleiss. ah, the artist bonded with one of the most challenging exercises for johnny is walking a few times a week. he trains to one hour without crutches, to counter the muscular imbalances in his limbs. he has developed his own methods that it's deficient. it's open until it gets tightened, bit by bit and pulls my back straight. so i can walk upright on the treadmill of not going to look. ah, i johnny doesn't see himself as a regular part of the student body. ah,
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with. he believes that sometimes the other students have problems treating him normally. he feels left out when they go whitney permanently, who when they come to realize he feels mental. it's me this my molina thing and i'm quite independent yet still i am often left behind. and along with all the training i need to do, it's a key reason that makes me really sad and it's mentally quite tough to process your mother with except and under, especially if it's just you and your care is for so many years stuff of homelessness kept my advantage is that i have my sports and that is my outlet from my frustration mind maintaining, until psycho ah, joanie also struggles with everyday situations. even in germany, being in
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a wheel chair means encountering many obstacles. ah, that's going to lucy when i was gone, flattens as good as me. i my own blend of money into earth going in wellness later on. when done was that enough organs to undergo twana unpacking? good. yep. good enough to know what may seem like a minor inconvenience can amounts were detail of several stocks and a huge delay. aah, l merino nissan. altima. done name is already to have a to live more or less independent life. johnny requires physical assistance, but around the clock care is expensive. normally the states will thirties pay for
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the last 5 months. johnny hasn't received any money. that's of finance everything out of his own pocket. almost 40000 euros. for poor. live with his own, with 3 different state authorities of fighting of a who is financially responsible for johnny. it's mostly dome light. why fight to live a self determined life? yet in the end, i am the one suffering along with my care, as hopefully i have to pay in advance. and no one cares how i do it always does maha. when asked to comment on the delay the council now responsible for johnny cited procedural errors and question his monthly budget. ah, despite all the odds, johnny continues to fight against his own body and all the obstacles in his way to counter the inward rotation of his left knee. johnny needs someone to help in
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coordinate his movements. his partially paralyzed legs need weights to feel the impact of his feet on the treadmill because of a muscle tension in his body. everything he does burns at least twice as many calories as a person without his disability shock. johnny is unique. most people with his condition wouldn't even dream of doing the things he does. without his training, he would not be able to walk, swim, or do any other things. so sports remained his only therapy, nvidia is michael either. i don't train at all, and my physic deteriorates to such an extent that i drop into the category i'm supposed to belong in combat. meaning everything will be paid for even the 20 me to cab or i to university. and or i do everything in my power to improve my physique.
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and in theory, save the government some money. instead, they reduce my installments, even though i only want to live a self determined life with. if johnny loses his fitness, he loses his freedom. he has more plans and goals he wants to fulfill. he wants to start his own business, designing sportswear, and become a motivational coach. he wants to climb sugarloaf mountain in brazil, and if surfing ever becomes a paralympic sport, you'll do anything to take part. ah, i will get me. there is no impulse to both and if it doesn't what i need to find a way my most it takes a long time before i accept something doesn't work and he's like, ah
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