The story of a gold medalist.

The story of the Special Olympics athlete

Story 1

Covered with dawn, confident and smiling, he came to us. Bathed in the sunshine, carrying rain and dew, holding flowers and wearing a gold medal, he succeeded. He won the gold medal in men's doubles and the silver medal in individual singles in the table tennis competition of the second Asia-Pacific Special Olympics! He is tall, simple and honest. His laughter is hearty, brilliant and confident. From his smile, you can see sunshine and hope! I still remember that when he just went to the auxiliary school in Luwan District, his mental disability caused him to be slow to respond to the surrounding environment. The original intention of the class teacher to recommend him to play table tennis was to train his hand-eye coordination and responsiveness to stimuli. This kind original intention, this original intention to tap children's potential, gave birth to today's gold medal!

Teacher Wei, who trained him, told me that since Xiao Bin is left-handed, if he wants to show him the standard movements, he must first train to play with his left hand. Usually, when watching other students play, he always makes him stand in the opposite direction, and he has taught a simple pushing movement for two years. We know that it is a good wish to let them win the gold medal in the competition. In this way, the teacher regards playing table tennis as a project to train children's ability. Watching the children's movements slowly coordinate and his hands and feet become more flexible, the teacher seems to see the athletes galloping in front of the table tennis table in the future! I think this is the charm and connotation of education!

During the two weeks of pre-competition training, Xiao Bin and his companions insisted on training three times a day for three hours each time, and they were never tired. I pulled a ligament in my left shoulder. In order not to worry Mr. Wei, who led the team, he quietly bought a plaster and insisted on regular training every day. When the teacher found out about it and wanted him to rest for a few days, he still insisted ... < P > In life, he is a big brother who helps others. He has a little girl in a children's welfare home with him. Because of her physical disability, she usually has a lot of inconvenience, so he started this little sister. Who says children like us can't be taught? Who says children like us won't be strong in life?

On the cliff of Baiqi Mountain, the wind brought the seed of a small tree. With the pursuit of life, he grew up. The morning dawned, the evening breeze fluttered, and the sunset was sent late. May we become the soil for their growth and nourish their happy growth!

Story 2

Meng Jia, a tall, thin girl with a shy smile on her face, never imagined that such an ordinary and unremarkable girl had participated in many Special Olympics competitions and achieved excellent results. She won the silver medal in the "Snowshoe Walking" competition held in Japan in 25, the silver medal in the 1m, the bronze medal in the m and the silver medal in the 4x1m relay at the 6th Shanghai Special Olympics, and was also rated as an "excellent athlete" by the National Disabled Persons' Federation, the National Special Olympics and the Municipal Disabled Persons' Federation Special Olympics.

but you know what? Such an excellent girl turned out to be a moderately mentally retarded student? Who knows that when she was in an ordinary school, she always hid in the corner like an ugly duckling, bullied by her classmates, and kept quiet, and always got a D on her report card? Because there was no way to study in ordinary schools, Meng Jia transferred to Qizhi School in January, 23. When she first came in, we gave her a Wechsler intelligence test of 44. At the same time, we saw a coward curled up behind her mother, afraid to communicate with her classmates and teachers.

I thought Meng Jia was a very ordinary girl, but when the teacher slowly opened her heart and gave her an opportunity to show herself in order to exercise her self-confidence, we found that she was actually a very strong girl. No matter the study and work in the class, or the cultural performances and competitions in the school, she would try her best to do it as long as she was given the opportunity.

I still remember that at the beginning, we asked Meng Jia to participate in the school dance rehearsal. At the beginning, she often had to learn a dance movement for dozens or even hundreds of times. From the stiff and ugly movements at first to the beautiful and skilled dances, both teachers and students put a lot of energy into it, and they were often so tired that their backs ached, but we never saw Meng Jia frown or heard her complain. Such a girl would make everyone feel that it was worthwhile to pay more labor.

Similarly, in the process of participating in the training of Special Olympics, Meng Jia worked hard as always. Although her innate conditions are not the best, it is certain that she is the hardest. I still remember Meng Jia's participation in the "Snowshoe Walking" competition held in Japan in the spring of 25. In order to improve the athletes' physical fitness, Meng Jia and three other athletes lived in the school for closed training for more than a month. Every day, they got up early, ran, jumped, climbed hills, and walked with sandbags tied to their feet ... It really took a lot of time and time for teachers and classmates to practice constantly and combine with the field practice at Xinzhuang Ski Resort. You have to take care of everything without your parents' life. Dream Jia was originally the apple of your parents' eye. What should you worry about? However, in order to get good grades in the competition, Meng Jia just gritted her teeth and stood down. She learned from her big sisters and teachers very seriously, and she could never take care of herself slowly. This is really a miracle. Even her mother can't help feeling that her children are really grown up.

In the training process, Meng Jia has been working very hard, always demanding herself strictly and constantly challenging her limits. However, she never told the teacher about any difficulties and always wanted to solve them by herself. On one occasion, Meng Jia didn't adapt very well because she just put on snowshoes, and the shoes were heavy and repeated practice, so her heels were worn out, and her blood was soaked until her socks were dyed red. Meng Jia didn't even say a word until the end of training. Later, teachers and parents were very distressed when they found out and asked her why she didn't tell the teacher. Meng Jia was silent for a while before saying softly that she was afraid that the teacher would not let her take part in the competition. What a silly child, what a silly idea, which makes the teacher want to scold but can't bear to scold, but she is secretly moved and cheered for her persistent spirit.

Now Meng Jia is confident, cheerful and brilliant. Her graceful dancing is displayed on the stage, her vigorous figure gallops on the runway, and her loud singing is floating in the sky. Although she is a mentally retarded student with congenital defects, although she is not smart, she is definitely not the best. However, we all have to cheer for her because she is the hardest worker!

cheers for you, Meng Jia, come on!

Story 3

In front of the camera, he looks very nervous, and his original lines are all confused in the prevarication of "I ... I ... I ...". It is such a shy big boy who won two gold medals in the Sixth Special Olympics Cycling Competition and one gold and one silver in the National Special Olympics Cycling Competition. At the age of 17, he is thin and tall. The bad sitting posture he developed since childhood makes his back slightly camel. Due to intellectual factors, I had to transfer to a secondary school-Hui Min after staying in a general school for several years. In the initial stage, strange environment made him stiff, and strange classmates made him silent. Because the body is relatively thin, participating in sports activities is purely coping; When the students carry out various activities under the guidance of the teacher, he often frowns and frets that he can't do it. When the ball runs towards him, he will be so nervous that he doesn't know what to do ... In this way, he is always laughed at by his classmates because of his timidity.

One day, when his deskmate won the gold medal in the Special Olympics and shared the joy of success with him, he suddenly hoped that he could try as bravely as his partner when he applauded and laughed for his partner. The timid idea was affirmed by the PE teacher, and his heart was much happier. From then on, at dawn every day, he insisted on running laps, 5 laps, 6 laps and 7 laps. Sweat flowed from his forehead along the hair tip, neck and back, and he was soaked in the undershirt. Slowly, his body became strong, and he finally had the opportunity to receive special Olympics training with his classmates. I remember last year's volleyball technical competition. In the cold winter, his hands were red and swollen. The service, passing and padding of each group made him feel unbearable, and sometimes he didn't even want to touch the volleyball. The coach often encouraged him to "see the rainbow without going through the storm" and "try bravely, beat himself and strive for victory", which inspired him to devote himself to a month-long hard training. Although he couldn't take part in the competition because of the quota limit, this experience made him know that the spirit of trying and participating promoted by Special Olympics made him summon up courage that he had never had before, making him confident, brave and strong.

I heard that there was a bicycle race, and only eight of dozens of students were qualified to participate in the race after training. He made up his mind not only to choose a candidate, but also to win the first gold medal in his life. Accurately, start, jerk, accelerate, keep and sprint ... Every morning and evening, under the guidance of the teacher, I practice my physical fitness and skills hard, with several groups of 5 meters and several groups of 1 meters. My pants are worn out but I don't know it because I have been in contact with the seat for a long time, and my hips are skinned. Everything comes to him who waits. In the national cycling competition held in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, when he won the first place in the 1m time of 2' "and the second place in the 5m time of 58", he stood on the high podium, holding the medal in his hand and tears welled up in his eyes ... < P > He worked very hard in his studies, and he often accompanied books in his spare time. Because his composition is fluent and vivid, he is often read by the teacher as a model essay in the class. Last year, his composition "Travel to oriental land" also won the second prize of "Golden Autumn World Expo"; His art assignments are often posted as masterpieces in the publicity gallery of the school because of their vividness. In addition, in order to cultivate self-confidence and oral ability, he participated in the school's reading interest group and gave an excellent performance in the Shanghai special students' literary performance.

Although he is not strong, he will fail, and he will be timid, but the Special Olympics spirit of "bravely trying to win" has given him the first medal in his life, which has given him full confidence in life ...

Story 4

On the special blackboard newspaper of "Welcome Special Olympics, Keep fit" in the fourth grade of Nanyang School, every student's ". "I want to get the best results in the Special Olympics. I want to work hard to stand on the podium of the Special Olympics. I can do it." This is the Special Olympics wish of Captain Yangyang, and it is also the driving force on his road to success! In order to realize his wish, Yangyang worked hard towards his goal step by step under the guidance of coach Mr Ma.

Yangyang is the youngest member of the bowling team, with high ambition at an early age. Yangyang showed people his perseverance and ability with his persistence and perseverance. Bowling competition is a new special Olympics sport in China, and everyone is unfamiliar with the rules and requirements of the competition, especially for mentally retarded children. Bowling is very technical. It requires players to swing the ball back and forth with one hand, open their feet back and forth, look ahead, visually observe the distance and angle, and then roll the ball out close to the target ball with appropriate force. These movements seem simple, but it is not easy for students with mental retardation to master them completely. I often see Yangyang practicing at school and at home with a ball in his hand. My mother asks him, "Is your hand so sore that it keeps swinging back and forth?" Yangyang said to his mother, "I'm practicing one-handed swing in bowling. This swing is required. Now my hand is sour, so it won't be sour in the future."

in the bowling movement, the most important thing is to visually observe the distance and angle of the target ball. At first, Yangyang didn't know how to measure the distance and angle of the ball with his eyes. He just learned to roll the ball out like a teacher. The ball was either too light or too heavy, and it was very far from the target ball. At first, Yangyang was a little discouraged. Why didn't he obey the ball in his hand? The coach promptly encouraged Yangyang to say, "Yangyang, you can do it, you can certainly do it." With the encouragement of the coach, Yangyang summoned up his courage again. He carefully observed the movements of other students and took the initiative to ask the coach to increase the content and amount of training for himself. Others stopped to have a rest, but Yangyang kept aiming at the goal and rolled the ball out to pick it up, then rolled it out and picked it up again. In the constant practice, I learned to measure the distance and angle of the ball with my eyes. After repeated practice, I got closer to the goal every time. Finally, one day, the ball rolled out by Yangyang and the target ball met happily, and Yangyang smiled happily! This greatly stimulated Yangyang's enthusiasm and self-confidence, and he secretly encouraged himself: I can do it, I can do it. In the future, Yangyang constantly raised the training requirements for himself, trained himself to measure the distance and angle of the ball with his eyes, and gradually learned to control the power of throwing the ball in his hand according to the distance and angle of the target ball, and accurately rolled the ball to the designated position, so that he was close to the target ball more and more times.

His training was supported by his parents, and his mother fully cooperated with the shuttle service. She also actively participated in the role of integration partner, actively cooperated with Special Olympics athletes in training and preparing for the Special Olympics. In summer, the burning sun is shining, and the weather is very hot. Accompanied by her mother, Yangyang braved the high temperature and walked for 3 minutes every day to come to school to participate in bowling and running training. Yangyang people are relatively fat and sweat easily, and they often go to school sweating like a pig. Yangyang immediately put himself into training, and the training was very serious. After the coach finished an action, Yangyang always practiced it many times, constantly changing the situation and looking for the best action. He repeatedly asked the coach if he didn't understand it until the action was correct and the sweat kept flowing down his head and face. Yangyang always allowed a towel to wipe the sweat. After the training, my mother looked at the sweaty and very tired child and suggested that Yangyang go back by car, but Yangyang said sensibly, "Mom, it's still exercise to go back." In the cold winter, children hid their faces and hands in hats, scarves and gloves, but Yangyang came to the playground on time every time and took part in training in the cold wind. Often, his little hands were red with cold, but his red face was steaming. Due to the usual hard training, I won the fourth place in the bowling competition with adults in other areas. Yangyang said seriously: "I will continue to work hard, and I will achieve better results."

Yangyang has also brought this indomitable spirit to his study. It is more difficult for students with mental retardation to learn Chinese Pinyin, which requires clear, accurate and proper pronunciation. Because Yangyang's speech is inarticulate at ordinary times, it has brought more difficulties to the study of Pinyin, but Yangyang did not bow to the difficulties. In class, he carefully watched the teacher's mouth and practiced his pronunciation. After returning home, he practiced his pronunciation in front of the mirror, and his tongue became swollen and continued to practice. Yes! As long as you work hard, you can succeed. We sincerely wish Yangyang's Special Olympics wish can come true. l

Story 5

She is not humble, a dark and thin girl.