Young German gymnast already a winner at Special Olympics

Annabelle, 13-year-old artistic gymnast from Borna, trains on a high bar with her parents Mary and Markus as well as her brother Jonathan ahead of the Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, the world's largest sports movement for people with intellectual disabilities, at the Federal base for competitive gymnastic artistics, in Chemnitz, Germany May 6, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

BERLIN (Reuters) - 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.