 A little girl who was born with just one full hand has her heart set on becoming a professional gymnast. The incredible little Millie Sinnott 'fell in love' with gymnastics when she started classes at three years old, despite having symbrachydactyly – a congenital condition that causes abnormally short fingers. She only has a thinly-formed thumb on her left arm, which is missing a palm and any other fingers. But this has not stopped the seven-year-old from moving up gymnastics grades at the same pace as her able-bodied peers. Mum Kathryn Sinnott, 27, said: 'We didn't know until she was born about her hand, but she never lets it stop her. 'There's never been any pressure on her to do more or achieve more, it's just what she wants to do – in every aspect she just wants to do it. 'She's on her own way and she's always amazed everyone. She calls it 'thumby' and she's really proud of it and makes jokes around it all the time.' To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Millie smiling after she won an award for her gymnastics (Picture: SWNS) Millie does gymnastics without using a prosthetic arm (Picture: SWNS) The symbrachydactyly has not stopped Millie, from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, from dreaming big either. The little girl wants to compete in the Paralympics and she thought she had a chance after she won the vault category in her club's competition in June. But she and her mum then discovered that gymnastics is not part of the games. Kathryn said: 'She was really deflated. Every seven-year-old has a dream and to have it not even be a possibility is really disheartening. 'Millie just always wants to do it the best that she can and aim as high as she can. The highest she can go is the Paralympics and that's where she wants to go.' The family have now started campaigning to make gymnastics a Paralympic){kind=link}
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A little girl who was born with just one full hand has her heart set on becoming a professional gymnast.
The incredible little Millie Sinnott ‘fell in love’ with gymnastics when she started classes at three years old, despite having symbrachydactyly – a congenital condition that causes abnormally short fingers.
She only has a thinly-formed thumb on her left arm, which is missing a palm and any other fingers.
But this has not stopped the seven-year-old from moving up gymnastics grades at the same pace as her able-bodied peers.