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Video: Domingo Santoyo Swims For His High School Without Arms

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domingo-santoyo2309When sixteen year-old high school junior Domingo Santoyo of Brownsville, Texas found out last summer that he needed a P.E. credit to graduate high school, he decided to go out for the swim team. The only catch: he was born without arms. No problem. Santoyo has already taken about 30 seconds off his event, the 50 freestyle. "Coaching Domingo, and seeing how he's progressed, it's been an enjoyable thing to watch," his coach Ryan Shea said. Fellow swimmer Kiley Vera said the rest of the team benefits from his discipline. "He motivates us to work harder because he really works hard." And not only in the pool. Santoyo ranks among the top ten of his class academically and he's thinking about MIT or Rice for college. Oh, yeah. And he was a national level chess competitor in middle school. Who says Superman needs arms to fly?

Update: Check out video (thanks to a commenter) of  Mingo swimming last month in McAllen, Texas:

Swimmer without arms thrives on challenges in and out of pool [Brownsville Herald]

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  • View laroncha's profile laroncha February 3, 2009

    That is fucking awesome! I have two arms and I cant swim even if it was to save my life!

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  • View ohsnapitsme's profile ohsnapitsme February 3, 2009

    That is so cool. Roncha and I would be at the bottom of the pool with our 4 arms and this guy would be swimming laps with his no arms. Thats amazing.

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  • View Guest's profile Guest February 3, 2009

    Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gFL_cxtJB8 Way to go Domingo!

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  • View Guest's profile Guest February 3, 2009

    Cool story. Reminds me of the Chinese girl who has no legs but is still a swimmer http://sportsrubbish.blogspot.com/2008/12/video-chinese-girl-has-basketball-for.html

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