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Medalist or not, everybody is the champion
Xinhua
Updated: 2008-09-07 16:20
Don't forget the disabled journalists, some of whom couldn't see but they can convey to the world what they feel with the hearts.
Nichole Millage (front) and Katie Holloway of the US defend against Lithuania during their sitting volleyball preliminaries Group B match at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games September 7, 2008. [Agencies] |
And the spectators with disabilities. "The Beijing Paralympics created a chance for the world to understand China and the abled people to understand the disabled," said Gao Yuliang, a doctor on the wheelchair, who went to watch the competition from the neighboring Hebei province.
Only then did I realize that "transcendence, integration and equality" was more than a slogan.
Two Iran's wheelchair basketball players celebrate after beating South Africa in the opener of the men's wheelchair basketball at the Beijing paralympics, September 7, 2008. [Xinhua] |
Unlike the Olympics in which the fastest, the highest and the strongest are gauges for the best, at the Paralympics, everyone fighting for his own destiny deserves a gold medal.
Just like the lyric of a song played again and again at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall goes:
"We have come to decide our fate, we are here to celebrate."
"We celebrate our diversity around the world with the passion to play, the planet will be watching, the message will be heard."
"We will make our stand beyond the game, beyond the game..."