Friends, family and fans showed up at Changi Airport to welcome home Team Singapore athletes from the Special Olympic World Games in Abu Dhabi.
He won gold in the M3 division of the 100m race at the Games, but not before missing his 200m race due to an injury.
The swimmer’s mother, Mrs Lucy Siau, said that after he was not selected to take part in the previous edition of the Games, he trained even harder to realise his goals.“It’s his dream, and he really trained very, very hard, almost seven days a week and two hours a day for the past whole year,” his mother said.
“My son took 10 years to learn swimming and he only made his first stroke when he was 16 years old. For him to make it to the Special Olympics is really a miracle,” she said with a bright smile.Family members shower Team Singapore athletes with flowers, banners, hugs and cheers, including Mr Lee Theng Ngee, the Head of Delegation for the 43-man Singapore Team.
“I was very happy to get a medal, having teamwork with everyone and helping each other in our group and never giving up on them. When my brother was racing, I screamed: ‘Shaman run faster!’,” Priyadarshani said.
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