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Clouds began to gather Monday over Kasumigaseki Country Club, and the matching Swiss smiles of Albane Valenzuela and her brother, Alexis, could not have been brighter. This is their Olympic moment that nothing can spoil.

It’s why Valenzuela, a Phi Beta Kappa at Stanford, gave up her last semester of college golf. Turning pro was her best chance to get back to the Olympics, this time with her 19-year-old brother as her caddie. He is more than a brother.

“He is our miracle,” she said.

Alexis was 3 when he was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. He didn’t speak the first five years of his life — doctors said he might never speak — and the family was told he probably would never be able to attend school.

He now speaks three languages. After the Olympics, he returns to Dallas to get ready for his second year at SMU, where he played one tournament as a freshman on the golf team.

https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-ol...ZGUz7kZgHQ

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Clouds began to gather Monday over Kasumigaseki Country Club, and the matching Swiss smiles of Albane Valenzuela and her brother, Alexis, could not have been brighter. This is their Olympic moment that nothing can spoil.

It’s why Valenzuela, a Phi Beta Kappa at Stanford, gave up her last semester of college golf. Turning pro was her best chance to get back to the Olympics, this time with her 19-year-old brother as her caddie. He is more than a brother.

“He is our miracle,” she said.

Alexis was 3 when he was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. He didn’t speak the first five years of his life — doctors said he might never speak — and the family was told he probably would never be able to attend school.

He now speaks three languages. After the Olympics, he returns to Dallas to get ready for his second year at SMU, where he played one tournament as a freshman on the golf team.

https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-ol...ZGUz7kZgHQ