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SpecialOlympianWinsWorldGold
ByBethCassidy
DavieCountyEnterpriseRecordWhilemostathletesandfansarepreparingforthe2008OlympicsinChina,oneDaviecoachandparticipanthavealreadybeenthereandcomehomevictorious.MarissaBrzescinski,assistantcoachoftheSpecialOlympicsTeamUSAEquestrianTeam,andDelaneyHansen,anequestrianfromIredellCountywhoridesinDavieCounty,broughthomeonebronzeandtwogoldmedals.BrzescinskiistheheadcoachoftheSpecialOlympicsDavieteam.SheandDelaneyflew,alongwithotherathletesandcoachesfromNorthCarolinaandacrosstheUS,over16hourstoShanghaiforthe2007Special
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OlympicsWorldSummerGames.TheyleftSept.26andreturnedOct.13.ForBrzescinski,itwasthetripofalifetime."Thiswholethingstartedoutasafluke.TheheadoftheDavieprogram,KathyStreit,askedmeiftheycouldusemybamfortheirclasses.OnceIgottomeettheathleteslandseewhatitwasallabout,itwasa
no-brainer,
IknewIwantedtohelp.Thatwasfouryearsago."Brzescinski,whomovedherefromNewYorkwithherhusband,Kris,inearly2003,hadneverflownasfarasChina,butshe'sbeena"horseperson"mostofherlife.SheandKrisworkedintelevisionnewsinNewYork,sheasacameramanandheasahelicopterphotographer.Shortlyafter9/11,afteroneofhercolleagueswaskilledwhentheWorldTradeCentercollapsed,sheturnedinhernoticeandbeganworkingonahorsefarm.Nothappywithconditionsthereandrealizingmostbarnswouldoperatethesameway,Brzescinskibeganlookingforaplacetorelocate.ThatplaceendeduptobetheDixielandFarmoffGodbeyRoad.Thefirsttimeshesawthefarmwasrightafterabigicestormin2002,butsheknewrightawayitwaswhereshewantedtobe.ThefarmisnowhometoBrzescinskiandherhusband,aswellastheirfourhorses,19otherhorsesboardedthere,andotherpets.Marriedtwoyears,Brzescinskisaidtheydon't
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DelaneyHansenshowsoffhergoldmedalfromtheSpecialOlympicsWorldGamesinChina.
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