Louise Sauvage — the girl who was unstoppable
Fierce Girls
ABC Australia
4.5 • 956 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2018
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Louise Sauvage was born with one leg trapped under and around her body, and the other up over her shoulder. Even though the lower half of her body has never co-operated, Louise hasn’t let it stop her being fierce AND fast! As a kid she was awesome at all sports, and a speed demon in a wheelchair. Louise is a champion wheelchair racer and has won nine, yes nine, Paralympic gold medals. Narrated by six-time world surfing champion Stephanie Gilmore
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| 0:00.0 | Yes. |
| 0:02.0 | Go Power. |
| 0:05.0 | This is the story of the girl who was unstoppable. |
| 0:08.0 | Louise Savage, |
| 0:10.0 | read by Champion Surfer Stephanie Gilmore. |
| 0:14.0 | Warning One. |
| 0:18.0 | Don't ever ask Louise Savage what's wrong with her. |
| 0:23.0 | Warning two, believe Louise Savage when she says that something is wrong. |
| 0:29.0 | Warning three, don't ever tell Louise Louise Savage she can't do something. Now let's roll. |
| 0:41.0 | What's wrong with her? The nosy lady gawked at the girl with the strange metal things on her legs, |
| 0:46.8 | calipers, they were called. They were supposed to help her walk. |
| 0:50.8 | The girl crossed her arms and frowned at her mom. What does she mean? her She said there's nothing wrong with you. You're a champion. Suitably |
| 1:09.3 | embarrassed the nosy woman slunk away. Louise Savage didn't like the word wrong. |
| 1:15.0 | Sure, there was something about her that wasn't quite the same, |
| 1:18.0 | those metal things on her legs, for instance, |
| 1:21.0 | but that was just the way it was. Tell me again why I need these |
| 1:25.7 | things, Mum. Louise couldn't remember. It happened when she was a baby after all, but she was born with a condition called |
| 1:34.5 | mylodysplasia try saying that five times super fast. It meant she |
| 1:42.1 | wouldn't be able to use the lower half of her body like most people did. |
| 1:46.4 | Her mom recalled the terrifying moment when she saw her baby for the first time. |
| 1:52.3 | One leg was trapped underneath your body, she said, and the other was over the top right up to |
| 1:57.4 | your shoulder. |
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