WINNING MEDALS: ABILITY IN DISABILITY

Derrick was a fast runner but a handicap. He was loved by everyone in his team at School for his fastness. He has always won first position during interhouse competitions because of his unwavering passion for running. As one of the school's best athlete, he was recommended for an interstate competition and at first he was happy for he was sure if he puts in his best, he would win a medal.

But as the day of the competition approached, he felt very anxious because of his physical disability. He had always ran and competed in the school where the students knew him well. But now he was going for an interstate competition; he thought he would meet people who would ridicule and criticize him for wanting to try despite his condition.

As the day of the competition approached, he watched the other students train very hard. He believed he could do better, but given his disability, he wasnt prepared to face a larger crowd--the social media , television and others would would film the race.

On the day of the race, his school was hesitant to take him along because he didn't train. But he found a way into the bus that took the participants to the stadium. There at the stadium, he saw other participants training and re-training and felt more nervous.

Right about the time for the race, Derrick became filled with excitemennt. Suddenly he was ready to prove that his physical disability wasn't going to determine his capability. His desire to win the medal for the school outweighed how he would appear on TV.

At seeing his one hand, the crowd cheered and commended his courage, although some wished he had stayed back because he might lose his balance. At the sound of the horn, Derrick raced with all his strength. He reached the finish line before other contestants and his schoolmates.

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He won the medal. His experience shows there is strength, power and ability in disability.

This is my entry into the Tuesday challenge for the freewrite contest by Hive account@daily.prompt and Hive account@dreemport.

FIVE MINUTES WRITE.

This was supposed to be a five minutes write. I used the egg timer to time myself.Before I could snap it, it changed to some seconds less than five.😅

But at five minutes, this is what I got, haha full of errors too.

At the end, I added more meat to the story. Like I said it's my first time in 5minutes write. I hope I'd do better next time.😅

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