Running From a Difficult Past to a Winning Future ; When Gary Jones Was a Boy He Was Picked On for His Severe Learning Disabilities. Now, the Special Olympic Athlete Is Bringing Home the Medals and Mingling with Celebrities. Liz Rowley Talks to Gary and Mum Gabrielle Before He Heads to Portsmouth This Weekend for the Great South Run

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THIRTY years ago a fortune teller told Gabrielle Jones she wasn't to worry about her son anymore. And how right she was.

Gary, then 13, was born with severe learning difficulties that affected his speech, often leading to frustrated tantrums and disruptive outbursts.

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Running From a Difficult Past to a Winning Future ; When Gary Jones Was a Boy He Was Picked On for His Severe Learning Disabilities. Now, the Special Olympic Athlete Is Bringing Home the Medals and Mingling with Celebrities. Liz Rowley Talks to Gary and Mum Gabrielle Before He Heads to Portsmouth This Weekend for the Great South Run

But three years later, as a 16-year-old at the Argyle Street Annex, in Shelton, he developed a passion for running that would ultimately change both their lives for the better.

Now, at 43, Gary has achieved what mo...

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