Adopted from a Russian orphanage when she was 13-months-old, Long’s journey has been arduous.
“I can’t wait to meet her.”
“It’s such an emotional spot.
It’s so raw.
“I started this sport because I truly loved the water.
It was a place that I felt really free.”
She added, “That’s really intimidating sometimes when you don’t see anybody that looks like you.
I just had such determination and a spirit to keep fighting.”
And she certainly did.
