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8-year-old boy with one arm likes challenging ‘impossible things’

By You Lian

8-year-old boy with one arm Ben Yuechen was born in Hai’an. He has congenital left-arm disability, has no left hand or left forearm. To let him grow up optimistically, his parents encouraged and accompanied him to do sports. Rope skipping, rock climbing, cycling...Yuechen tried all of them, and is practicing badminton now. After he grows up, he wants to join Paralympic team, and become a champion in competitions representing his motherland.

Since early August, 8-year-old one armed boy Ben Yuechen’s inspiring story has always been popular online.

His mother Cai Xiumei said that Australian Nick Vujicic’s story encouraged her a lot, ‘he has no limbs, but became a famous orator.’ Cai Xiumei thought it a miracle that her son came to this world, and he was unique.

On 18 August, Ben Yuechen came to Nantong accompanied by his parents again. Disabled sportsman Lv Guangyao tutored him in badminton on the spot. Became deaf as asthma treatment in childhood, Lv Guangyao has practiced badminton since childhood. When he was 14 years old, he entered Jiangsu disabled person’s federation badminton training team, and had achievements in domestic and even international competitions in the past few years. Lv Guangyao said that everyone had a dream of championship, he would do his best to help Yuechen realize his dream.

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