Gifted athlete's new life after paralyzing accident
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Published
05/16/2015
Former Olympic Gymnast Describe the Moment her World Crumbled
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“Sometimes I dream that I am getting ready to do a jump. Or that I’m doing a flip.” It’s not hard to imagine -
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for years, Laís Souza jumped and flipped and flew as one of Brazil’s best gymnasts. -
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And in 2013, after competing in several Olympics as a gymnast, Souza began to train to compete as an arial skier for the 2014 Sochi games. -
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She’d never skied before, but the sport hooked her, and she trained furiously in intense, dangerous conditions. -
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Then, in an instant, everything changed. -
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Souza crashed when skiing, breaking her neck and suffering a dislocation between her third and fourth cervical vertebrae. She was instantly paralyzed from the neck down. -
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