Behan overcomes adversity to make Olympic Finals
Post categories: Gymnastics
| 14:45 UK time, Friday, 13 January 2012
It's not hard , becoming only the second Irish gymnast in history to qualify.
"I kept myself awake yesterday because I didn't want to wake up and it not be true," he says. "It's so, so surreal."
There'll be plenty of stories of triumph over adversity at , but I'm prepared to bet that there won't be many more inspiring.
When Behan was just 10, a non-cancerous tumour was discovered in his left leg. The operation to remove it went wrong and he was left in a wheelchair with severe nerve damage. His parents were told he might never walk again, let alone do gymnastics.
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