They keep on working.

Selene Mirra trains at swimming center in Rome. The athletes of the Italian down syndrome synchronized swimming team, continue their training at home. (AP)
Learning synchronized swimming starts outside the pool. Coach Sabrina Bernabei gives instructions to the athletes.(AP)
The athletes warm up at the Acquaniene swimming center in Rome. (AP)
This illustration shows the synchronized swimming moves.
Arianna is training for the Tokyo Olympics next year. (AP)

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Arianna is on a swim team. It was to perform after the Olympics this summer. The coronavirus changed those plans.

The girls practice at home. They will keep at it. They will show the world what Down swimmers can do—next year.

READ MORE: Arianna Sacripante and her teammates have Down syndrome. They do synchronized swimmming in Rome, Italy. They all swim, dance, and do acrobatic routines in the water at the same time. They were going to perform in Japan this summer. Synchronized swimming is not an Olympic sport yet. This team wants to show the world that it should be. It wants to compete in the Paralympics. Hardships teach us to be like Jesus. Romans 5:4-5 says, “Endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame.”