ADAM WOWS THE WORLD IN PYEONGCHANG.
Things could have worked out very differently for Adam Rippon.
Raised in Scranton, Pennsylvania, he was born with a severe hearing impairment. Luckily, his parents noticed that he wasn’t developing like the other kids and took him to a specialist. After undergoing corrective surgery at Yale University before he turned one, Adam was soon able to hear normally but more health woes were to come. He developed a severe respiratory condition and, aged just five, suffered a burst appendix. That’s not the start in life that you’d expect for someone who goes on to become a world-famous athlete.