Great video - inspirational.
2 Competitors enjoying themselves
What is the smaller man's disability.
Ashton Kreutzer
That the cheerful 19-year-old can barely climb a staircase without a handrail, one believes only when one has seen it. Julien has been suffering from a constantly worsening spasticity for four years. But to put his head in the sand is not a question for him. He shows his illness his teeth. And he would like to help other people with handicaps.
"I do not know how long I've been," Melvin says, "I used to be stumbling over my own feet, and I was the dub." Spasticity was diagnosed at the age of 14 years, but why the boy tormens the constant muscular tension is still unclear. "In the beginning I did not want to stand by myself and I also told my friends and acquaintances tales of torn torn or something. But it could not be denied any more. Especially when I got out of the cold water in the Lahnsteiner swimming pool in the summer and my legs did not obey anymore. I embraced the Goodrum and the rest is history "