Runners of a local middle and long-distance running team attend a training session by the Sayram Lake in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
WENQUAN-- Coach Abudurymu Nurmaimaiti, who is 50 years old, has been deeply involved in the para sports industry for nearly 20 years in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. He coached a local running team for disabled teenagers in Wenquan County which belongs to the Xinjiang disabled middle and long-distance running training base in the support of disabled persons federations at all levels.
With enthusiasm and patience, he has helped these disabled teenagers change their fate and improve their family life with the support of national policies. For now, the team has more than 10 disabled teenagers from local pastoral areas of Xinjiang, with an average age of 17 years old.
Refusing to let disabilities diminish their pursuit of dreams, these runners gradually emerge as stars at the regional and national para sports meetings. In the eyes of their coach, medals are certainly important, but what is more important is that the runners have learned to live independently through training and have maintained a positive attitude towards life. Even if they are disabled, they still have the possibility of realizing their dreams.
Coach Abudurymu Nurmaimaiti (front) of a local middle and long-distance running team guides runners during a training session at a local stadium in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Coach Abudurymu Nurmaimaiti (1st L) and runners of a local middle and long-distance running team have breakfast by the Sayram Lake after morning training in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runner Rukeya Mamatali (1st L) of a local middle and long-distance running team attends a training session in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runners of a local middle and long-distance running team attend a training session near Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Assistant coach Aisajan Tursun (L) of a local middle and long-distance running team guides runner Abdusalam Abderxit during a training session at a local stadium in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runner Aykawsar Dilmurat of a local middle and long-distance running team attends a training session at a local stadium in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Coach Abudurymu Nurmaimaiti (1st L) of a local middle and long-distance running team guides runners at a training session near Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runner Buzehra Jumanniyaz of a local middle and long-distance running team runs with a tyre in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Members of a local middle and long-distance running team pose for photos by the Sayram Lake in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Assistant coach Aisajan Tursun (R) of a local middle and long-distance running team keeps an eye on runners at a training session in a mountain park of Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runners Dambeyk Kuwanbeyk (L) and Buzehra Jumanniyaz of a local middle and long-distance running team attend a training session at a local stadium in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runners of a local middle and long-distance running team attend a training session by the Sayram Lake in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Abudurymu Nurmaimaiti (1st L), coach of a local middle and long-distance running team, passes water to runner Batuzay during a training session near Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runners Aykawsar Dilmurat (L) and Buzehra Jumanniyaz (R) of a local middle and long-distance running team help coach Abudurymu Nurmaimaiti to prepare lunch for team members in the kitchen of Wenquan County Disabled Persons Federation in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
An aerial photo taken on Aug. 30, 2024 shows members of a local middle and long-distance running team during a training session at a local stadium in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runner Aykawsar Dilmurat (1st R) of a local middle and long-distance running team attends a training session at a local stadium in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
12-year-old runner Elnur of a local middle and long-distance running team attends a training session in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runner Buzehra Jumanniyaz (R) of a local middle and long-distance running team is seen after a training session in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runner Zekerla Helel (1st L) of a local middle and long-distance running team leads teammates to warm up by the Sayram Lake in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runner Dambeyk Kuwanbeyk (R) talks with teammates after training at a local stadium in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runner Aykawsar Dilmurat of a local middle and long-distance running team attends a training session in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Assistant coach Aisajan Tursun (L) of a local middle and long-distance running team guides runner Abdusalam Abderxit during a training session at a local stadium in Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runner Zekerla Helel (1st L) of a local middle and long-distance running team leads in a training session by the Sayram Lake in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 31, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]
Runners of a local middle and long-distance running team attend a training session near Wenquan County in the Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture of Bortala, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Aug. 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]