Zumba fan Hannah Payton has become the UK’s first qualified instructor with Down’s syndrome. Hannah got hooked on the Latin aerobics routines during lockdown when she had to shield due to her condition. And when she finally met instructor Emma Golpys once gyms reopened, she became determined to qualify as a teacher herself. Hannah, 24, said: “I had a dream to be a Zumba instructor and it’s come true.
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