Volunteers guide runners in overcoming adversity
China DailyA volunteer guides a visually impaired runner with a hemp rope at the park this month. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY Charity group assists athletes who have disabilities Every Thursday and Sunday morning, a group of runners with impaired vision or hearing sets off from a rest area near the south gate of Beijing Olympic Forest Park. Yao was one of 15 people with impaired vision or hearing who ran at Olympic Forest Park on the day, who were accompanied by more than 30 volunteers. About 1,600 volunteers have joined the Beijing branch, ranging in age from 5 to 74, and assisting more than 400 visually impaired and hearing impaired runners. Volunteers from the logistics team, which usually comprises about 10 people, accompany visually impaired runners from the subway station and assist them during the run.
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Volunteers guide runners in overcoming adversity
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