PARALYMPIC SWIMMER OLLIE HYND: We must create chances for you to discover your passion… there are lots of people who come to their sport late
- Team GB swimmer Ollie Hynd was a Paralympic gold medallist at London 2012
- Now he’s making an attempt to encourage a brand new technology of Olympic and Paralympic stars
- Hynd is without doubt one of the Team GB stars serving to the ‘From Home 2 The Games’ schemeÂ
- The scheme makes an attempt to promote aggressive sport amongst younger individuals
Swimming has all the time been a passion of mine however we didn’t essentially have alternatives like this to strive various things.
My inspiration got here from my older brother Sam who was additionally a Paralympian.
He went to the 2008 Games, received a gold medal, and I used to be lucky to exit to Beijing and watch.
Team GB’s Ollie Hynd was a Paralympic gold medallist at London 2012 within the swimming
Now Hynd (proper) is making an attempt to encourage a brand new technology within the ‘From Home 2 The Games’ scheme
Seeing it first hand, being within the Games surroundings, I needed to be part of that. Then, at London 2012, I managed to get on the workforce and win medals.
It was a dream come true. Now, clearly Tokyo is arising so somebody could possibly be impressed by one of many athletes there.
To get individuals concerned you want alternatives like this — to open individuals’s eyes to what is definitely on the market.
There could be one thing you’d by no means even imagined making an attempt. You might have a very large passion for it. Particularly in para-sport, there are lots of people who come to their sport late.
Hynd believes many aspiring athletes discover that they take up sport too late of their lives
Everything comes down to alternatives and entry to exercise. We had been working to enhance that earlier than the pandemic. Now, as restrictions open up and initiatives like this happen, it’s essential to maintain these alternatives going. If they’re there, I’m assured individuals will take them up.
There are virtually two sides to this — discovering future Olympians and Paralympians however virtually extra essential is simply being concerned in sport, in a neighborhood, having a way of objective.
Something that’s very private to me is getting anyone with an impairment energetic. And by way of the lockdowns, it’s been evident how essential not simply bodily wellbeing however psychological wellbeing is.
Sport actually provides you that outlet to enhance your psychological well being. You don’t have to aspire to be an Olympian or Paralympian.
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