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Aaron Higgins flew abroad to Berlin, Germany simply over a month in the past to compete for Team Canada within the Special Olympics.
While heading into the competitors with optimism, he exceeded his personal expectations and gained 4 medals: silver in squat, silver in bench press, bronze in deadlift, and silver total.
“I was so excited, excited to come home afterward with my parents too. And during my competition my dad was saying ‘Go Aaron, go!’,” stated Higgins.
Higgins has household ties in Germany so he and his mother and father flew abroad earlier than Aaron’s competitors to Fulda, then to Munich, and at last to Berlin for the Special Olympics.
The time in Germany was enjoyable and rewarding for Higgins, however it was additionally an arduous course of with commitments each day with Team Canada. Higgins needed to be away from his mother and father for lengthy stretches of time, which was new for him, however his father Doug stated he dealt with it properly.
“As much as we as parents try not to worry, I think it’s only natural when you have a kid with special needs, that you do worry. And Aaron did very well independently and that’s also not only a credit to him but to his coaches and mission staff at Team Canada,” stated Doug.
Up subsequent for Higgins and firm is a calming weekend at Craven, as they’ll head up there on Thursday for the weekend, to see a few of Aaron’s favorite nation artists together with Sunday act, Keith Urban.
“Some of my favourite country artists are Johnny Reid, George Strait, Keith Urban, Tim Mcgraw and Johnny Cash,” stated Aaron.
For Higgins will probably be a summer time reprieve in spite of everything of his laborious work.
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