Fifteen-year-old Francesca Cesarini was born with no hands and with only one leg. So her mother was more than a bit surprised when her daughter told her she wanted to be an acrobatic pole dancer.
"I don't know if maybe I saw it on social media first, or I dreamt it, I don't know. I just know that I (woke up and) went to her and I said that I wanted to do pole dance," Cesarini said.
Three years later, in 2021 she competed in the International Pole Sports Federation's virtual world pole and aerial championship.
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And, he might have added, she did it without any help from Harry Potter's wand.
(Photo editing Kezia Levitas; Additional reporting Emily Roe and Elly Biles; Writing Philip Pullella; Editing William Maclean; Layout Kezia Levitas)