#handicapathlete

[aspieandme]

Today was not a workout day I wax at lee valley athletes club for my regular sports massage with Gemma Weetman who is helping me with my variousaches and pains I. Shoulder and back. I am finding more healthy results than previous therapists so if you need a good trainer and sports therapist Gemma is the girl 👧 for you. Meanwhile after meeting g with Luke today pictured with me here who lost both legs from a bomb in Afghanistan but now competes in sprinting and long jump he shares my motto of no matter where you are in life never give up. #paraplegic #nevergiveup #bombsurvivor #bomb #handicapathlete #afghanistan #survivor #sprint #longjump https://www.instagram.com/fitforover60/p/BwVEAbMjj90/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gsg53bev6vdx

[thinkdiver]

NIKE - Justin Gallegos

“Growing up with a disability, the thought of becoming a professional athlete is as I have said before like the thought of climbing Mt. Everest. I was once a kid in leg braces who could barely put one foot in front of the other. Now I have signed a three-year contract with Nike Running.”

하프 마라톤(21.0975km) 두시간 완주가 목표인 Justin Gallegos.

그는 세계 뇌성마비인의 날 (World Cerebral Palsy Day)에 나이키에서는 핸디켑 운동선수로는 처음으로 나이키 전속 모델로서 계약을 맺습니다.

나이키는 Gallegos가 Cross Country Race에 참여할때 그에게 nike official athlete 3년 계약이라는 깜짝 선물을 선사합니다. 함께 뛰는 러닝 커뮤니티 동료늘 안에서 깜짝 발표를 들은 Gallegos는 그가 장애를 갖고 살면서 뛰었던 노력을 설움으로 흘리며 감동적으로 전달이 됩니다.

Reference: This Powerful Film Shows the Moment Nike Signs a Runner With Cerebral Palsy to a Pro Contract