Kim Vanna, 40-year-old Cambodian runner who lost his right leg below the knee
in a landmine explosion in 1989, will depart for Beijing on Sept. 1, for the
Paralympic Games from Sept. 6 to 17, local media said Tuesday.
Vanna will compete in the 100- and 200-meter races at the games,
English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodia Daily quoted Yi Veasna, secretary
general of the National Paralymic Committee of Cambodia, as saying.
Kim Vanna was selected by the committee on the basis of the silver medal he
had won at the ASEAN Para Games in Thailand earlier this year, said Yi Veasna.
"He is our national athlete selection for 2008. He has the most recent
medal from the ASEAN Games," he said, adding that the government had recently
awarded him 4,000 U.S. dollars for his silver medal.
Meanwhile, China has agreed to subsidize 60 percent of the airfare for Kim
Vanna and his accompanying assistant and National Bank of Cambodia governor
Chea Chanto also donated 500 U.S. dollars, he added.
Kim Vanna has so far won 18 medals in international competitions, three
golds, 10 silvers and five bronzes, and the Beijing trip will be the first time
that he attends Paralymic Games.
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