Inspiring Stuff: Cambodia's Woman Wheelchair Basketball Star
Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:12 pm
Cambodia's Sinet An is a great inspiration to able-bodied and disabled people alike:
Cambodia's Star Wheelchair B-Baller Is An Unstoppable Force
By Saqib Rahim
Monday, July 5, 2021 • 7:13 AM EDT
It's 11:15 a.m., and Sinet An is in her living room shooting an invisible basketball.
She dips the ball down, into her stomach. Then her left arm pumps up — right hand cupping the ball — and at the top of her shot, her wrist snaps forward with a touch of Steph Curry grace.
Dip. Pump. Snap. Dip. Pump. Snap.
Sinet's spent the last year mastering her stroke, and it shows.
"If you're not sure, watch Sinet," coach Joe Higgins tells the rest of the team. "It is perfect."
Sinet, 33, lives in Chuuok village, about an hour west of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. Born with a disability that makes it extremely difficult to walk unaided, she's used a leg brace since her teenage years.
She's also widely regarded as the best wheelchair basketball player in Cambodia. She's a fierce defender and top scorer on the Cambodian women's National Team. She's a key reason the team, just three years old, has turned heads at recent international competitions.
Full article: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandso ... 5501332089
Cambodia's Star Wheelchair B-Baller Is An Unstoppable Force
By Saqib Rahim
Monday, July 5, 2021 • 7:13 AM EDT
It's 11:15 a.m., and Sinet An is in her living room shooting an invisible basketball.
She dips the ball down, into her stomach. Then her left arm pumps up — right hand cupping the ball — and at the top of her shot, her wrist snaps forward with a touch of Steph Curry grace.
Dip. Pump. Snap. Dip. Pump. Snap.
Sinet's spent the last year mastering her stroke, and it shows.
"If you're not sure, watch Sinet," coach Joe Higgins tells the rest of the team. "It is perfect."
Sinet, 33, lives in Chuuok village, about an hour west of Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. Born with a disability that makes it extremely difficult to walk unaided, she's used a leg brace since her teenage years.
She's also widely regarded as the best wheelchair basketball player in Cambodia. She's a fierce defender and top scorer on the Cambodian women's National Team. She's a key reason the team, just three years old, has turned heads at recent international competitions.
Full article: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandso ... 5501332089