Chelsea's inspiring gymnastics Journey, breaking barriers with determination

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One, two, three, four. Chelsea, what's your favorite thing about gymnastics? Oh, I'm not, I'm not, intensity

You like having your teammates? Yeah. What else do you like? I like a good crowd

You like it when the crowd cheers for you and to compete? Yeah. Well, when Chelsea was born, the doctors told us that they were sorry

but our daughter had Down syndrome, and they went on to list every challenge that would be ahead of her

and all the things that she would not be able to do. My husband and I be an athlete, her two older brothers being athletes, we did bring up the question of athletics

and they said, well, she will always have low muscle tone. And I said, well, is there anything we can do, you know, to improve on that

They said, well, basically, no, you know, athletics is probably not going to be something she'll ever be good at or excel at

So along the way Chelsea was kind of setting new standards from a very young age and it continued you know for two decades One two three

It is very unusual to see a Down syndrome gymnast at the level that Chelsea is

and we've been doing it for over 20 years, and there rarely is anyone for her to compete against at the level that she's

competing. Most definitely that Chelsea's determination is what got her where she is. You know

you have to love this to keep doing it. Three. That was only three. Shoot. Shoot. You too. Well, she started

off by winning four Special Olympic National Championships. Then she went on to win three world

titles. And along the way, she's always competed with gymnasts without disabilities

Down syndrome in general anything that they learn repetition is key For Chelsea tilt even to this day she trains with gymnasts without disabilities and they will all get a new skill way earlier than she does

She has to do it 10 times, 100 times more repetition to get the same skill that they get

That's a blooper. Are you ready? You got it. So there's more work involved, but she can get it

As long as the coach has the patience, the athlete has the patience and the determination

it's proven over and over again. That's good, Chelsea. Those were three really good ones

For the pull-up record, it was more of a lead-up to learn to do more each time

She could do pull-ups, but she had to do them with her feet together. She had to get her chin over the top

We trained that, I want to say, three days a week. Kips on the bars

Chelsea could already do a kip on the bars, so that part wasn't a problem. But having to do them consecutively was, again, we, again, we

just worked each day you know can we do one more Can we add one more The back walkovers probably the easiest of the world records that she did And it just was a matter of how many more can we do each day

Backhand springs was hard because she was a little bit afraid of tumbling backwards

multiple in a row. We would do some on the trampoline to get her the feeling of, you know

doing multiple backhand springs in a row. So Chelsea, do you have some advice for somebody that is starting gymnastics

She has some advice? Oh, I do. It's why it's best and hard

I'm very proud. I didn't know that Guinea's World Records had categories for individuals with disabilities

and special needs. So it's very exciting to see that they have those categories

And Chelsea's part of that World's record group. Thank you