Xinhua
PHNOM PENH-- Kim Vanna, 40-year-old runner who lost his right leg below the knee in a landmine explosion in 1989, left Monday for Beijing on deputy of Cambodia for the Paralympic Games from September 6 to 17.
"I will compete in the 100- and 200-meter races at the game," Kim Vanna told Xinhua.
"I feel so great that I will join the Paralympic Games in Beijing because it is the first time for me to join a world class event like this," he said.
"I am a disabled person but my mind is not disabled. In the future I want to become a coach of disabled runners," Kim Vanna added.
Kim Vanna was selected by the committee on the basis of the silver medal that he had won at the ASEAN Para Games in Thailand earlier this year, said Yi Veasna, secretary general of the National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia.
"He is our national athlete selection for 2008. He has the most recent medal from the ASEAN Games," he said, adding that the government had recently awarded him US 4,000 dollars for his silver medal.
Kim Vanna has so far won 18 medals at international competitions, three golds, 10 silvers and five bronzes, and the Beijing trip will be the first Paralympics.
"I will compete in the 100- and 200-meter races at the game," Kim Vanna told Xinhua.
"I feel so great that I will join the Paralympic Games in Beijing because it is the first time for me to join a world class event like this," he said.
"I am a disabled person but my mind is not disabled. In the future I want to become a coach of disabled runners," Kim Vanna added.
Kim Vanna was selected by the committee on the basis of the silver medal that he had won at the ASEAN Para Games in Thailand earlier this year, said Yi Veasna, secretary general of the National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia.
"He is our national athlete selection for 2008. He has the most recent medal from the ASEAN Games," he said, adding that the government had recently awarded him US 4,000 dollars for his silver medal.
Kim Vanna has so far won 18 medals at international competitions, three golds, 10 silvers and five bronzes, and the Beijing trip will be the first Paralympics.
2 comments:
good luck for Kim Vanna who runner of athlete of Cambodia at Paralympics in Beijing and do hope he will tale Gold medal for Cambodia.
KI letters full of men that like to post unpleasant attacks on Women!
Be Careful!
I have some associations of more than ten universities in Cambodia.
I have to use my power to protect Khmer Women interest as well!
stop using harsh words against women, please.
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