jo makel went to east yorkshire to meet him.m cottingham has made the team, giving his mum and dad a surprise into the bargain. i put my name down behind my parents' back. i didn't think i was going to get through them. mysteriously out of nowhere i'm going to berlin injune. swimming's just a part of it, there is a culture. i've never been to germany either, i'm so looking forward to it. i've seen adam in a number of regional competitions local competitions, throughout the years, watched him grow literally in height and also grew up in speed, stamina, skills and everything. absolute fantastic ambassador for the special olympics, just so professional in everything he does. let me win, but if i cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt. how many do you think we have? 50? oh, i think it's way more than 50. adam's love of competing started ten years ago when he switched from mainstream classes to the special olympics club in hull. adam had quite moderate learning disabilities and autism. _ he didn't speak until he was six or seven

jo makel went to east yorkshire to meet him.'m so looking forward to it. i've seen adam in a number of regional competitions local competitions, throughout the years, watched him grow literally in height and also grew up in speed, stamina, skills and everything. absolute fantastic ambassador for the special olympics, just so professional in everything he does. let me win but if i cannot win, let me be brave in the tent. how many do you think we have? 50? oh, i think it's way more than 50. adam's love of competing started ten years ago when he switched from mainstream classes to the special olympics club in hull. adam had quite moderate learning disabilities and autism. _ he didn't speak until he was six or seven years of age. - the bones in his left arm are fused, | so he can't do the technical strokesj for breaststroke and butterfly. i heard about special olympics. and i found out there was a club in hull and he came out of that club... i i still remember that saturday. ..absolutely beaming. he loved it. _ within six months, _