When she was a baby, Patience Beard lost her left leg. But that’s never stopped her. When she was four years old, Ms. Beard started gymnastics. When she was in the seventh grade, she started cheerleading. Last year, she tried out for the cheerleading team of the University of Arkansas. The coordinator gave her “no special consideration,” but insisted that Ms. Beard perform all of the required tricks and stunts that the other cheerleaders do.
She won a place on the team. As you can see from the animated .gif above, Ms. Beard is a fantastic athlete. Now she performs with the rest of the team at football games wearing her zebra-striped prosthetic leg.
-via Breda Fallacy
Awesome! Reminds me of Lacey Henderson, who cheered for the University of Denver and then became a Cherry Darling cosplayer.
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