KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A 17-year-old from Osceola County is defying the odds as she trains for this month’s Paralympic swimming trials.
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Momo Sutton competes with her teammates at the Kissimmee Swim Association.
Sutton was born without an arm and with a serious case of scoliosis.
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At just four years old, her doctors encouraged her to start swimming so her arm wouldn’t atrophy.
Now, more than a decade later, that suggestion has blossomed into being able to compete in the Paralympics.
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