it is sports life which follows the journey of into gyptian women with down syndrome to this special olympics. that's after the break and there's more on dw dot com. and of course on social media, where i'll handle is predictably at dw news, a michael logan from me in the rest of the team here. thanks for watching and bye for now. the become a criminal franklin a told me about sugars and paralyzed between your society. computers that are

governments that go crazy for your data. explain how these technologies work. so that's how they can also watch it. now 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. i and i love gymnastics for the head of both so correctly. the 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. and the coaches saying,

i love you so much. this will be a journey to remember for a rough month as 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 does to. when i read the, the rough most mother noticed her daughter's condition when she was just 2 months old. a moment when their whole lives changed. can site 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 reuse of it to actually that'd be after trying different kinds of sports. rushed 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 tiers 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. though i have moved

to have i really loved dancing and i'd like to go back to performing on stage one day. oh, now it's time to go to training with her dad, mom and her cousin, the they bring rough month 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 as 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. he's become part of her family. the, as i said, that even with that in a to be a coach for a special needs. absolutely. you need to be sufficiently qualified to understand the personality with rocks like pace in class to get that and being 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 and, and i'm grateful for his time in soaring. rosemont is preparing for, for disciplines. rope to fall and ribbon and the bowl of the most, especially my purple one. i then did the

the window where this ring, mom gave me a feel heavy and excited about winning 1st place as of her as the tomorrow's the big day. it's the 1st time that rough my will be away from family rep. i know is garrett 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 and well, i don't pay anymore about how society looks up on, 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 this done to the, the after a very long overnight journey, rockmart is glad to arrive in her hotel room. the goes up. are you okay? yes i am. are you happy?

good. yes. 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. estin is a temporary home for the interruption team, and as organized a past welcome program. i'm on the do you have

the lovely green here at the trees. the next stop city hall will be crossing. i think it's but the special olympics will games team from each which made a we with which one on the island for full metals and bracing the egyptian flag. yes. the to 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 and religious berlin is so beautiful. what do you think of this place? it's amazing. the, the opening ceremony kicks off the jet 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 has an 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 you 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 all the speak titus. the judge. yes. i know the commotion to the special and seem to have difficulty handling things like other non union. the moment in the end of the time and that before her big moment run my culture month for good luck.

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the, the, my dream was to get the gold and they ended up with 4 metals. this is for each it 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 the the, the view will tell you the we are happy that we are back to

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