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Blind fury
Sujet Salée, 29-year-old Thai boxer became the champion.
Despite the fact that he is blind ...
He began his career in October 2008, winning 5 out of 10 fights in "blind" fights when opponents tied his eyes.
His father was blind champion Muay Thai fighter, and in spite of his disability, Sujet wanted to follow in his footsteps. The first training sessions and he did not, because in contrast to their future opponents that he trained blind from birth.
But when he started to turn his disadvantage turned into an advantage because the more advanced the remaining senses, focusing on sound, smell.
He hopes that one day preekrasny Thai boxing will naionalnym sport for the blind.
via reuters
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Despite the fact that he is blind ...
He began his career in October 2008, winning 5 out of 10 fights in "blind" fights when opponents tied his eyes.
His father was blind champion Muay Thai fighter, and in spite of his disability, Sujet wanted to follow in his footsteps. The first training sessions and he did not, because in contrast to their future opponents that he trained blind from birth.
But when he started to turn his disadvantage turned into an advantage because the more advanced the remaining senses, focusing on sound, smell.
He hopes that one day preekrasny Thai boxing will naionalnym sport for the blind.
via reuters
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