加载中…全能型运动员参加冬季特殊奥运会滑雪比赛
(2013-01-24 10:54:26)
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Charlene Porter | Staff Writer | 2013.01.22
史蒂夫•林恩2012年11月在纽约的普莱西德湖（Lake Placid）与美国参加特殊奥运会的其他运动员一起集训。
华盛顿——近200名运动员、教练员和辅助人员即将从美国出发赴韩国参加定于1月29日至2月5日举行的第10届世界冬季特殊奥运会（10th Special Olympics World Winter Games）。
史蒂夫·林恩（Steve Lynn）是代表俄克拉荷马州（Oklahoma）参赛的一名老运动员，有过多次参加特殊奥运会的经验。他全身心地投入体育运动长达24年，同时还拿出精力在家乡俄克拉荷马市的塔吉特（Target）百货商店担任手推车看管员。
39岁的林恩将作为参赛选手参加冬季奥运会高山滑雪（Alpine ski）比赛，而他同时还参加足球、篮球和室内曲棍球等集体运动项目的比赛，并在一些赛事中获得“最有价值的运动员（Most Valuable Player, MVP）”称号。几年前，他曾获得参加由全国篮球协会（National Basketball Association）赞助的比赛的机会。在那次于佛罗里达州（Florida）举行的比赛中，他当选为“最有奉献精神的运动员（Most Dedicated Athlete）”。
林恩的母亲乔安妮（Joanne）说：“他热爱比赛。”她在回顾林恩的运动生涯时表示：“林恩勇于接受来自其他团队及国家和地区的运动员的挑战，努力在参加比赛时发挥自己的最高水平。”
林恩将在韩国与其他43名高山滑雪选手一决高下。他的俄克拉荷马队友埃米·沃尔默夏瑟（Amy Wollmershauser）将参加雪鞋健行比赛。
林恩面临着一些力所不逮的生活挑战与技能要求，但从体育运动中他学会鞭策自己更上一层楼。乔安妮·林恩说：“他可以通过练习提高自己的运动能力。”
来自110个国家和地区的大约2400名运动员将汇聚韩国的平昌（PyeongChang）和江陵（Gangneung）参加特殊奥运会，2018年的冬季奥运会也将在这里举行。
运动员们将在七个项目中展开角逐：高山滑雪、越野滑雪、单板滑雪、雪鞋健行、短道速滑、花样滑冰、室内曲棍球和旱地冰球表演项目。
全世界共有400多万名运动员参与特殊奥运会，这个运动会为有智障的成人和儿童提供了一个比赛竞技场，同时也在世界各地促进了平等、包容和接纳的精神。
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Multitalented Athlete Takes Slopes at Winter Special Olympics
By Charlene Porter | Staff Writer | 18 January 2013
Steve Lynn was in Lake Placid, New York, in November 2012 for training camp with the rest of the U.S. Special Olympics team.
Washington — Almost 200 athletes, coaches and support staff from the United States are heading to the Republic of Korea to participate in the 10th Special Olympics World Winter Games January 29–February 5.
One true veteran of Special Olympics competition will be Steve Lynn, representing the state of Oklahoma. He’s been giving his all to sports for 24 years, while holding some energy in reserve to work as a cart attendant at a Target department store in his hometown of Oklahoma City.
Lynn, 39 years old, is going to the Winter Games as a competitor in the Alpine skiing events, but he also competes in team sports like soccer, floor hockey and basketball, winning recognition as a “Most Valuable Player [MVP]” at a few events. Steve won a spot to play at a tournament sponsored by the National Basketball Association a few years back. At that event, in the state of Florida, Lynn was recognized as the “Most Dedicated Athlete.”
“He loves to compete,” said Lynn’s mother, Joanne. “He takes the challenge presented by athletes from other teams and countries and works toward a performance to be his very best in the sport in which he is competing,” she said, in reflecting on his athletic career.
Lynn will be competing against 43 other Alpine skiers in the Republic of Korea. His Oklahoma teammate, Amy Wollmershauser, will compete in snowshoeing events.
Lynn faces some life challenges and skills beyond his reach, but sports is an activity where he has learned to push himself to become better. “He can improve his athletic abilities through practice,” Joanne Lynn said.
About 2,400 athletes from 110 countries come together for the Special Olympic Games in PyeongChang and Gangneung, at the same sites where the 2018 Winter Olympic Games will be held.
Athletes will compete in seven sports: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, short-track speedskating, figure skating, floor hockey and the demonstration sport of floor ball.
Worldwide, more than 4 million athletes participate in Special Olympics, a movement creating an arena of competition for adults and children with intellectual disabilities while promoting equality, tolerance and acceptance everywhere.
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