Jakarta – On Friday, 27 August 2021 London School Beyond Academy (LSBA) and Special Talks Channel held an Instagram Live with the title “Serunya Menjadi Atlet Special Olympics”. This week’s Instagram Live, which is held every two weeks, discusses the Special Olympics which is an international sports competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities. Instagram Live was opened with a warm welcome from the two hosts, Rian Noor and Reychando Rintar, both of whom are part of the Special Talks Channel and LSBA students. The event continued with a discussion with the guest stars Kemal Avicenna, who is one of the Special Olympics Indonesia (SOIna) athletes, and Haikal Bastian, who is an Education practitioner for children with special needs.

Rian Noor and Reychando Rintar as host

The discussion proceeded with a question and answer process between the hosts and the guest stars. Starting with Kemal Avicenna who told about the sport he participated in the Special Olympics. Kemal Avicenna himself is a Bocce athlete (a sport similar to bowling) at the Special Olympics, but currently he is also practicing archery and violin. Then the question and answer continued with Haikal Bastian who explained things related to the Special Olympics. Starting from history, sports, to the training of athletes.

Kemal Avicenna showing off the medal he got from the olympics

During the Q&A session with the Instagram Live audience, Kemal Avicenna proudly displayed his medals and awards. The total medals he showed on Instagram Live yesterday were approximately 10-15 medals. And at the end of the Q&a session, Haikal Bastian and Kemal Avicenna gave words of encouragement and motivation for the audience of STalks Instagram Live. “Make limitations not a barrier. If we fail, we still have a chance to achieve them.” said Kemal Avicenna enthusiastically. Meanwhile, Haikal Bastian gave his hope for Kemal Avicenna in the future, “Hopefully Kemal will be more independent, his studies will run well, hopefully Kemal will have a library, and hopefully Kemal will always be healthy.”

Kemal Avicenna is an athlete with intellectual disabilities who won many awards through the Bocce sport and made Indonesia proud. And He achieved all of them with the disabilities and the abilities he have.

 

Article by: Abel