BERLIN : Annabelle Tschech-Loeffler's journey to the Special Olympics started with a simple question from her older sister's trainer: 'Doesn't Annabelle want to do it?'The 13-year-old, who has Down's syndrome, is competing against over 100 gymnasts at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin.Join
BERLIN : Annabelle Tschech-Loeffler's journey to the Special Olympics started with a simple question from her older sister's trainer:"Doesn't Annabelle want to do it?"
But the family's conversation with the trainer who was starting to coach her sister, now 16, and who also has a child with a disability, opened the door to her getting involved and now competing on the world stage. "What is important for us is what the athlete is able to do," Hauthal said, adding that the one of the event's goals was to open up sports clubs by showing that inclusive training is not more complicated.
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