what's it like being a gymnast in your own world? a special world. his name is rough, mccully. i'm 18 years older, and i love gymnastics for the head of both of crawley. that's smart. 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 i'm just 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 restaurant 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 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 cite 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 late um, 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 re used 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 head, but i really loved dancing, and i'd like to go back to performing on stage one day. i must. oh, now it's time to go to training with her dad, mom and her cousin, the

they bring rough my to training 4 times a week. here she meets up with other teenagers with special needs. and of course, with her coaches, rhythmic gymnastics is my life, the browser, the 1st thing i do a 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. absolutely. you need to be sufficiently qualified to understand

the personality with rock likes placed in class because they've 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 and a grateful 1st time and somewhere in rosemont is preparing for for disciplines. rope to fall and ribbon had the ball the most, especially my purple one. i then did the the where this ring, mom gave me, i feel happy and excited about winning 1st place as of hers. is it good? the tomorrow's the big day? it's the 1st time that rock might well 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, highly. the house was the most noble. it's the pretty my love, 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 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 the how don't get done to 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 how the amen. please, the crying. meanwhile, may god be with you all. yeah, 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

a temporary home for the egyptian team and as organized the past welcome program. the last bill 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

each which made a we with which one on the island for full metals, embracing 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 and religious for atlanta. so beautiful. what do you think of this place when 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. hello. didn't have an amazing during the opening ceremony because i was thinking of the approaching competition. so the answer hold of to the next day, the games begin with athletes competing in 26 different supports, egypt is making it said you and rhythmic gymnastics special needs athletes, require extra care and attention ahead of their events.

the haven't had the feeling, 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 spic titus. the judges. 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. then it's her turn. the,

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 climate change of income for a station in the rain forest continue, carbon dioxide emissions have bruises. and again, the people of the world are we what impact because change doesn't happen.

the make up your own mind, me this here to send it away and the rest eats away everything. i'm never mind. you know, make another side. algeria is here, mauritania is here on mark track. we know is this one great journey and the grim reality. i've never been to hell, but that's what it must feel like this. a heroism fail. i swear what remains to this? i just want to be free the the house on the edge of this a heart of the last shelter start september, 2nd on dw, the.