VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia highschool senior who was born with no proper leg and a left leg that ends on the center of his thigh took residence a state wrestling championship, shocking everybody however himself.
“Actually if you happen to work onerous, you are able to do something — even win a state championship with out legs,” Adonis Lattimore mentioned Saturday, after successful first place within the Virginia Excessive College League Class 6, 106-pound weight class on the Virginia Seashore Sports activities Middle.
The Virginian-Pilot reviews that the Landstown Excessive College senior, who additionally has only one finger on his proper hand, had Eagles coach James Sanderlin cheering wildly whereas the gang roared its approval through the remaining seconds as he defeated his opponent.
“Superb,” Sanderlin mentioned. “He did all of the work. I simply get to be part of the journey. It is an incredible feeling to look at him do it and have the help of the gang. It was superior. He is a hard-working younger man. I am simply speechless.”
Lattimore was a area qualifier as a freshman however did not keep lengthy and missed the area event as a sophomore. The coronavirus pandemic compelled the cancellation of wrestling final yr. Lattimore improved to 32-7 this season.
“I have been dreaming of this since I knew what it was, and to lastly have it occur is simply — I do not know clarify it,” Lattimore mentioned.
