Great Lakes Games near Chicago leave no athletes on sidelines
LAKE FOREST, Ill. â This weekend in north suburban Lake Forest, there will be an athletic competition designed to leave no one on the sidelines, the Great Lakes Games.Athletes with disabilities have the opportunity to compete in up to six different sporting events during the four-day competition at Lake Forest High School.During her early morning archery practice rounds, Ashleigh Kordas said her biggest challenger might be Mother Nature.'The wind's killing me,' she said.
Organizers said the goal is to make sure nobody is left sitting on the sideline, though one fan was there for Kordas, her mom, Debbie Phillips, who has watched her grow stronger as she picked up one sport after another.'I can't even put it into words how grateful we are,' Phillips said.Kordas said when she first became sick, she was 'almost bedbound.
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