"Tang Baby" Yang Le fights the Special Olympics table tennis field: table tennis makes me gain confidence and happiness and dreams of becoming a coach

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"My biggest goal and dream is to become a Special Olympics table tennis coach. At the 8th National Special Olympics Special Olympics Special Olympics Special Olympics Special This time, Yang Le not only served as the second torchbearer of the torch relay in the field at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, but also won the silver medal in the men's singles of table tennis.

"We got up at five o'clock and arrived early in the morning to start training." Yao Baoai, coach of the Shaanxi table tennis team of the Special Olympics, said that in this competition, Yang Le has been very attentive, early to train, full of confidence.

In June 2000, Yang Le, who was born, was diagnosed with Down syndrome and congenital heart disease by the hospital. His mother, YiPing, began a life of running around and seeking medical treatment for him. Although Yang Le underwent heart surgery at the age of 3 and his health improved, there were still mental disorders.

How to let Yang Le go out of the house and have his own social circle like ordinary children is Yi Ping's most headache. Fortunately, when Yang Le was 8 years old, he came into contact with table tennis and special Olympics sports, and his life changed since then. Yi Ping said, "It can be said that the Special Olympics movement has changed everything for us, and the sports have brought not only physical changes to children, but also from the heart of happiness and self-confidence." ”

Coach Yao Bao'ai accompanied Yang Le along the way to witness the changes in Yang Le. "Tang Baobao" has poor physical coordination, and sometimes even the potholes on the road cannot be passed. In order to help the children improve their physical fitness, they began to "force" Yang Le to practice table tennis every day.

Yao Baoai said that when Yang Le first began to learn table tennis, he had to practice basic movements, get up in the morning to do sit-ups, practice swinging after lunch, 50 times, 100 times, 300 times slowly increased, jump rope is also 10 times, 20 times slowly increased. "Slowly exercise his physical fitness, and finally the data goes up." Children have also become more communicative, healthier, and have made many friends. ”

In 2009, Yang Le walked into the table tennis arena for the first time and won his first medal at the 6th Paralympic Games and the 2nd Special Olympics in Shaanxi Province. In 2010, he won his first gold medal at the 5th Special Olympics in the country. Since then, Yang Le has participated in many major competitions at home and abroad, won more than 30 medals, and was elected as the regional messenger for the East Asia region of special Olympics 2018-2020.

In September 2019, with the help of his mother Yiping, Yang Le opened a milk tea shop called "Yang Le's Tea" in Baoji High-tech Zone, and in addition to the competition training, Yang Le also became a small boss. Yi Ping said that at first, she just wanted to let Yang Leduo communicate with people and exercise his language skills by opening a store, but now it seems that he can completely make and sell it independently. Yang Le also led his friends around him to learn to make milk tea together, and infected many partners with intellectual disabilities with his spirit of not accepting defeat, leading them to open their hearts and integrate into society.

Regardless of whether there is a game or not, Yang Le insists on practicing for 3 hours every day. The reporter asked him if he was tired, and he said firmly: "Not tired! Because I like it, I'm not tired. My biggest goal and dream is to become a Special Olympics table tennis coach. ”

Editor: Wu Jiale