Hazem Suleiman and the team he captains were practising for the Paris Paralympics until the war. Now he cycles streets where everything is in ruins
, a team of paracyclists from Gaza. Until this week, he was living in a tent in Khan Younis with his wife, eight children and his mother, after they were displaced from Rafah.An average day for me is all about the challenges of being a displaced person living in a tent.
We had ambitious team goals before the war. We were aiming to attend championships, to represent Palestine on the international stage. I set a personal goal to ride 120km in under three-and-a-half hours. We trained diligently for the 2024What kind of food did you eat to prepare for training before the war?
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