Inspirational interview after winning 100M freestyle gold at Special Olympics

Inspirational interview after winning 100M freestyle gold at Special Olympics | ESPN

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6 жыл бұрын

Victoria Smith, who won gold in the 100M freestyle at the Special Olympics, says you can compete regardless of one’s disability and explains what her mom means to her.
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@SamuraiEdge94 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to her this was awesome to watch her win it all🙏🏽👍🏼

@SquidJoe 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats Victoria. So happy to see these Athletes doing what their love even with their struggles and having a great time. To all those athletes, God Bless You All.

@traciesammut1882 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Victoria you are such an inspriation for all Special Olymics Athletes, I enjoy watching you compete and getting to know you, Thank you Special Olympics International for posting this video

@cesarbeltran4852 5 жыл бұрын

Mad respect

@metstribelindo_mg7818 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations and good job to everyone who participated

@crucified___ 5 жыл бұрын

Metstribe Lindo_MG thanks

@brentmoretz4366 4 жыл бұрын

I am a Special Oympics athlete it took me 16-17 seconds to swim a 25 yard freestyle, and took me 37-40 seconds to swim a 50 yard freestyle.

@michaelmaccollin6827 4 жыл бұрын

But how long will it take you to a hundred meter

@brentmoretz4366 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmaccollin6827 Faster than that girl would swim

@michaelmaccollin6827 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@michaelmaccollin6827 4 жыл бұрын

I have to say she's lucky she even got there

@michaelmaccollin6827 3 жыл бұрын

How long will it take you in four laps

@yeastdaddy3683 5 жыл бұрын

Stop hating and let her enjoy such a special moment

@julianc7685 5 жыл бұрын

You really are a higher above human intelligence.

@xDualModz 4 жыл бұрын

No ones hating, you’re the problem

@comicbookaction 3 жыл бұрын

@@xDualModz XD

@josielujan6694 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Victoria...we are PROUD of you!!

@fixitjesus6463 4 жыл бұрын

Screaming "GO TORI" from PA ♥️

@jaredatkins4487 5 жыл бұрын

Y'all don't have no room to be talking about someone that has love for the game like I do I've been Special Olympics for 7 years I still think that people like us desert the chance in the desert to be who they want to be I don't like people making fun of other people like us do you look in the mirror everyday do you get up every morning and say I'm perfect Nobody's Perfect Special Olympics changed my life I give her mad respect for her but she's she's doing something that she loves nobody should make fun of her because it's a cruel world out there I've been bullied my whole life Special Olympics has helped me through that I don't think anybody should go through what I go through nobody should be making for the nobody cuz we're all human beings

@jaredatkins4487 5 жыл бұрын

@@atomlightstone yes I can it's a free country

@SuperD00D 5 жыл бұрын

Your message has bad grammar. Maybe you were using voice to text dictation? People will obviously rag on you for typing bad if you say you have a mental disability. But I agree with you. I think this is a great thing.

@jaredatkins4487 5 жыл бұрын

@@SuperD00D I don't really care what people think of me because I can care less about what people think

@jaredatkins4487 5 жыл бұрын

@Over Opinionated Bogan sometimes people do but I don't let it get to me at all wish people had little more respect for people

@roselawton7290 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing what someone with TARS can do anything! I also have TARS and understand what having a strong supportive Mom means. Keep reaching for Gold.

@michaelmaccollin6827 3 жыл бұрын

I've been doing swimming almost about 3 years ago before I started soccer my 6 time gold medalist and swimming

@t.w.8174 3 жыл бұрын

Precious baby. God protect her beautiful little heart.

@tilini 2 жыл бұрын

So happy for this young lady!

@jeffreyhouse1306 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to her

@UnkleAce 5 жыл бұрын

This made me tear up. Congratulations to her.

@michaelmaccollin6827 4 жыл бұрын

Proud of you for Victoria

@SonOfPsalms23 5 жыл бұрын

Wow!! So happy for her 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 congrats 👍👍

@michaelmaccollin6827 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a special Olympic athlete I'm very proud of how she swimmed

@DJSwezzleMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Do you like being special?

@michaelmaccollin6827 3 жыл бұрын

I can't complain because I'm special to

@michaelmaccollin6827 3 жыл бұрын

I have brain damage and Alcohol Syndrome

@michaelmaccollin6827 4 жыл бұрын

respect her swimming respect her swimming she's a good swimmer

@Bekham15 5 жыл бұрын

Mad respect.

@alanbourbeau24 5 жыл бұрын

The first time I did Special Olympics was in my high school days. I did basketball, softball, ice skating, track & field. Even today, I’m still a current Special Olympic athlete. This past Summer, I did Track & field. In the autumn, I did bowling.

@AvenirToThe 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@Tigerbeast 5 жыл бұрын

Well done miss! Good inspirational speech too! #Rolemodel

@coreykuefler-terweeme7268 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Victoria

@bossmanaustin 5 жыл бұрын

This was a special moment in their lives, these rude jokes are really getting me down

@grimreaperslugs 5 жыл бұрын

Should I tell him?

@bethwebster1673 5 жыл бұрын

People can be really awful. Not everyone is though.

@SuperD00D 5 жыл бұрын

Just a Nautilus are you insinuating he is retarded? Some people have a heart. But you are rude, sure you’ll get what’s coming to you one day.

@aeronbarreras2923 5 жыл бұрын

yo her technique is clean!

@eidosfortuna7533 5 жыл бұрын

Wow she's amazing, what an inspiring young lady congrats Victoria!!

@atomlightstone 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, "inspiring". Inspiring if your a failed abortion

@comicbookaction 3 жыл бұрын

@@atomlightstone Wow 🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🤣🤣🤣🤣

@WannaBURN 5 жыл бұрын

That was Awsome!

@Rgsfinest91 3 жыл бұрын

Great work from the camera guy !

@apfrankwhite 5 жыл бұрын

EPIC

@detective___mcnulty 5 жыл бұрын

Good job! Wish I could swim like that. How come The Olympics is on regular TV, but The Special Olympics is on cable like ESPN?

@michaelmaccollin6827 4 жыл бұрын

there in tv us on the national s

@debiconley6128 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats on your gold! From fellow Special Olympics swimmer!

@jellyfishbrained 5 жыл бұрын

I'd rather watch this than the Winter Olympics

@bethwebster1673 5 жыл бұрын

jlxelite both are good but this is beautiful.

@tenjiclaire6248 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome 😃

@Sco6014 5 жыл бұрын

I love how slow they are because they still swim faster than me and by that third turn I'd be done!

@Rick-ik5xl 4 жыл бұрын

🖤🖤🖤🙏🏿

@ingyinkhin6195 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations

@SubsWithoutVids-go2oy 5 жыл бұрын

kewl

@Sara.okakok 5 жыл бұрын

this is so cute❤️

@michaelmaccollin6827 5 жыл бұрын

She did very awesome

@blacksheepdog6969 Жыл бұрын

the real special forces!

@michaelmaccollin6827 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@allanawalker4008 5 жыл бұрын

That's my girl Tori!

@michaelmaccollin6827 4 жыл бұрын

she a awesome swimmer

@atomlightstone 5 жыл бұрын

Also, why isn't Jake Paul in this

@ainsleyspongebob2877 4 жыл бұрын

He can't swim 😂

@kimhopnguyen3120 5 жыл бұрын

Tội ngiệp quá à

@annagregory553 5 жыл бұрын

I am a special olympics athlete!

@starjackson2562 4 жыл бұрын

You have my respect 😊😊😊

@ainsleyspongebob2877 4 жыл бұрын

Do you want a nody badge?

@comicbookaction 3 жыл бұрын

@@ainsleyspongebob2877 🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼🖕🏼

@christiandenault7606 Жыл бұрын

Me too! (Swimming) 🏊‍♂️

@Darlene312 5 жыл бұрын

I watch NASCAR for the car-wrecks; I watch Special Olympic Swimming for the drownings.

@handbananna8185 5 жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard lol

@bethwebster1673 5 жыл бұрын

Awful. Disgusting.

@ainsleyspongebob2877 4 жыл бұрын

@@bethwebster1673 you going to cry

@ainsleyspongebob2877 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@comicbookaction 3 жыл бұрын

@@ainsleyspongebob2877 🤣🤣🤣🖕🏼🖕🏼

@Iam6ixRings 5 жыл бұрын

Better freestyler than Lonzo...

@LebronJames-pt3nz 5 жыл бұрын

✌(ʘ‿ʘ)✌ 6iX W

@JudgeDredd_ 5 жыл бұрын

✌(ʘ‿ʘ)✌ 6iX who are you without Z02?

@steve8234 4 жыл бұрын

Why did the one girl dive in? I'm honestly curious.

@husseinrashid4080 5 жыл бұрын

She would swim laps around me damn!

@wrd2all 4 жыл бұрын

her dad: *am i a joke to you*

@atomlightstone 5 жыл бұрын

why the heck is this in ESPN

@jaredatkins4487 5 жыл бұрын

Because people like us deserve the same qualities like you guys have we're all freaking human beings and learn to love each other God damn it's not like espeon's doing this because Special Olympics has been there for 50 years okay

@nkh9048 3 жыл бұрын

Special Olympics or who is less disabled

@youtube-kanal2606 4 жыл бұрын

Why can't they compete in reular olympics?

@mikesoct82484 3 жыл бұрын

I've wondered that to I'm a special Olympics Connecticut athelete a 17 time state golf champ a 4 time national golf champ. I can hit a ball 300 yards I've also won 3 state bowling titles my high game is 269. Feel free to reach me on Instagram at golfer82484

@WallStreetBet 5 жыл бұрын

First

@genesisexodus4687 5 жыл бұрын

Congrats Jr Hennessy Smith !

@fernandoalarcon7931 5 жыл бұрын

Genesis Exdous wrong sport go comment that on an NFL video

@genesisexodus4687 5 жыл бұрын

Fernando Alarcon I think you meant NHL

@fernandoalarcon7931 5 жыл бұрын

Genesis Exdous Jr Smith is in the NFL dumbass he’s a linebacker on the falcons

@genesisexodus4687 5 жыл бұрын

Fernando Alarcon I'm pretty sure he's a outfielder for the Minnesota Vikings sir

@handbananna8185 5 жыл бұрын

Dduuuuuuhrrr

@nathanapolis2467 11 ай бұрын

Im faster

@Fearmemaybe15 5 жыл бұрын

Special Olympics > NBA

@chrisbarnett7494 5 жыл бұрын

9th like 3rd comment

@genesisexodus4687 5 жыл бұрын

bossdestroyer. 01 I doubt anybody whom comments about their like and comment placement on YT has any sort of fighting experience, but sure lol.

@genesisexodus4687 5 жыл бұрын

bossdestroyer. 01 right ... the dude who responds "bitch" followed by "ill knock the shit out of you .." for sure is the person with a few insecurities my dude . Find peace with yourself my guy . Just let it go.

@genesisexodus4687 5 жыл бұрын

bossdestroyer. 01 bro you like your own comments 😂😂 Bruh I won this ages ago.. you a sad sad man . Liking his own comments and getting roasted 😂😂

@genesisexodus4687 5 жыл бұрын

bossdestroyer. 01 you must be triggered my guy .. must be your insecurities or something .

@chrisbarnett7494 5 жыл бұрын

Genesis Exdous I'll like my comments if I want to and how did I get roasted u literally had 0 insults

@jasonj5292 5 жыл бұрын

i was wondering why they were swimming so slow until ii saw special Olympics.oops

@shamilahafzal2574 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a disgusting joke to make

@robertharvey9047 4 жыл бұрын

jesus

@Darlene312 5 жыл бұрын

Well, at least nobody drowned.

@joshserna5299 5 жыл бұрын

Here's a fun fact. Originally, the special Olympics called "the retarded Olympics" UNTIL people started to become butt hurt, and offended. So they remained this amusing sport to the "special Olympics"

@Darlene312 5 жыл бұрын

All this swimming is making me hungry... think I'll fix myself a turkey sandwich.

@T.W.H.B2798 4 жыл бұрын

Ah the special olympics... Making kids work for our amusement

@SteveCarras 4 жыл бұрын

You're funny...

@2Drip007 5 жыл бұрын

Racist Olympics, where my brothas and sistas at? WAKANDA FOREVA!

@buckeye9983 5 жыл бұрын

I can swim faster than them

@RahulPatel-cw3kv 5 жыл бұрын

buckeye998197 y 😂

@youwouldntgetit2618 5 жыл бұрын

buckeye998197 y I know cause you’re special. You should try out for the special Olympics

@buckeye9983 5 жыл бұрын

spunky2006 are you replying to me?

@tomahawkinc5971 5 жыл бұрын

spunky2006 Jesus dude take a chill pill

@tomahawkinc5971 5 жыл бұрын

Travler Simpon DAMN

@JK_JK_JK_JK 5 жыл бұрын

😱 What The Actual FK have I just watched! 😱

@kefkapalazzo1 5 жыл бұрын

i watch sports to be entertained. sorry not sorry. i cant swim now give me 6 months ill be able to compete with them.

@Simpnamedslickback 5 жыл бұрын

kefkapalazzo1 Dude its for special people

@4-CQL 5 жыл бұрын

kefkapalazzo1 congrats you can compete with disabled girls

@mikealaniz7236 5 жыл бұрын

What's funny is your dumbass can't swim and you'd need six months lol

@kefkapalazzo1 5 жыл бұрын

Travler Simpon you dont think normal olympic athletes are special lmao

@kefkapalazzo1 5 жыл бұрын

Dangerous Thoughts actually id drown now. the fact that itd take me 6 months to compete with top competition at anything is sad on their part. if i went against middle school girls id get smoked. do you find this worth watching?