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Girl Who's Allergic To Herself
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Natasha Coates is a three-time British gymnastics disabiIity champion, with 22 titles to her name. Amongst other conditions, she also has Mast CeIl Activation Syndrome. This condition leaves Natasha susceptibIe to having an aIlergic reaction to anything and anyone, including herself, at any time. ln October 2018, she qualified for the 2019 British Gymnastics Championships (March) to compete on three pieces: beam, bars, and fIoor. However, in December 2018, she suffered 27 anaphylactic reactions in two weeks and was in intensive care unable to even walk. In January 2019, with just three months to go before the British Championships, she returns to training, initially being unabIe to stand up on the beam. Featuring extensive personaI archive and interviews with family, medics, and able-bodied British Gymnastics champion KeIIy Simm, as welI as full access to the 2019 British Gymnastics Championships courtesy of British Gymnastics, this documentary follows Natasha's tumultuous road to recovery in order to just compete at the gymnastics championships that made her a star. |
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