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My Journey with Particular Olympics – Zhichen’s Story

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Young man poses with football.

Zhichen poses earlier than a Unified soccer observe

My title is Zhichen. I’m 17 years previous and a scholar on the Chung Shan Industrial and Business College within the metropolis of Kaohsiung and a Particular Olympics athlete from Chinese language Taipei. It’s a vocational college and I’m studying about automobiles and tips on how to hold them in nice situation.

I grew up within the mountains. I’m Bunun, which is the indigenous folks of my nation. For me and my household, life has been a bit exhausting. My dad and mom handed away attributable to illness after I was three years previous, so my aunt and grandma introduced me up. I’ve labored with members of the family since I used to be a child and I additionally assist them hunt. I like being in nature and the mountains make me be at liberty.

I’ve all the time struggled in class. I’m not in common lessons and used to get indignant after I had difficulties studying. I might typically really feel alone. This modified after I was launched to Particular Olympics.

Young man on the pitch playing football.

Zhichen runs towards the ball throughout a Particular Olympics Chinese language Taipei soccer match

My college turned a Unified Champion College, and we shared a bodily training class with all the opposite college students. Once I first tried to play sports activities with these different college students, I felt shy and didn’t know what to do.

By Particular Olympics, I slowly started to be extra snug and play sports activities with the opposite college students. My instructor invited me to affix our Unified soccer group, and it was such an amazing expertise. We skilled 3 times every week, and my Unified companions and I turned good mates. They didn’t deal with me unusually and I may specific myself on the soccer discipline. We additionally chatted and performed video games collectively, identical to unusual highschool college students.

Our Unified soccer group skilled collectively for a 12 months and competed within the Particular Olympics World Video games Berlin 2023. It was essentially the most honorable reminiscence to play in Berlin. I met folks from different nations and exchanged presents with them. I had my birthday in Berlin, and my group deliberate a celebration for me. I used to be deeply moved and even wished to cry, as a result of it was the primary time that so many individuals celebrated my birthday, and so many individuals mentioned “Blissful Birthday” to me.

Three young men smiling for a photo.

Zhichen and his classmates take pleasure in their time in Berlin on the Particular Olympics World Video games

I might not have had all these experiences with out my Particular Olympics. Thanks for serving to me attempt bravely and try for victory. I wish to introduce extra folks to Particular Olympics and I hope that I can share my tales with different folks to have extra folks take part in actions and have it assist them, identical to it helped me.

Group of young men showing their medals off.

Zhichen (second from left) and his teammates rejoice their success on the Particular Olympics World Video games in Berlin



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