Salum Kashafali: 🇳🇴 The Fastest 100m Sprinter In Paralympic History

Crafting Champions spotlights Para athletes excelling in their sports, offering an inside look at what it takes to become a champion. The series captures their preparation journeys, from overcoming immense challenges to training relentlessly for the podium. Witness their inspiring stories of resilience, dedication, and triumph as they gear up for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.

In the upcoming episode, meet Salum Kashafali, a Paralympic sprinter from Norway who competes in the 100m T13 category. Salum shares his inspiring journey of navigating life with Stargardt disease, a rare genetic eye disorder that dramatically affected his vision in his early 20s. After the sudden change in his life, Salum found new purpose through Para sports in 2018, rekindling his passion for athletics. With the encouragement of his coach, he transformed his circumstances and became one of the fastest Para athletes in the world.

Tune in as Salum reflects on his experience at the Tokyo Paralympics and his ambitions for Paris 2024. He emphasises the importance of daily discipline and mental focus in reaching his goals. Plus, discover the unique way Salum incorporates his culture into his sport—through dance! This vibrant expression of joy and tradition fuels his drive to keep aiming higher. This episode is a powerful reminder that with hard work and belief, any challenge can be turned into an opportunity for greatness.

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[_Opal_Miner_]

Congratulaions on getting selected for the games. You desrve to have the chance to compete on the biggest stage in front of a great crowd. Best of luck Salum.

[dobermommartha]

You sir are fabulous!!!! 10:43 IS nothing to sneeze at 🏅

[Ms.Poolchan]

Better than a gold medal is two gold medals 👍

[samgraham]

Ur an inspiration Salam and a flying machine on the track 10.43 is incredible god bless you ❤️✝️🙏..from ..Sam..Belfast ..Northern Ireland

[gunsnderrickroses]

God bless bro keep inspiring us all. Amazing story and person

[tomzz]

He can run against regular Olympic sprinters and hold his own for sure.

[jasonwilliams]

Salum, you remind me of d'angelo [singer] power to you

[BitFruitGame]

id take my arms and my legs, my eyes, my ears, my nose, my mouth, to know what it takes, to realize I'm the enemy, looking back from myself?
not sure about this one, see what we've got and what we can take?

[colleenhenry-bsij]

Wonderful Love the way he runs!! Bless him!!!

[The_Bashar]

You’re huge and gifted 🤭.
Add that Parisian 🥇.

[emyoji]

Congrats Congo, your son is doing great thing in a foreign land.

[wnJhntn]

How does he know when to stop running?

[changetocome]

Do you think the other Olympic athletes could run blind, I don't get how he does that.

[saidalabed]

This guy sees the camera and everything 3:00 . What is he doing at the paralympics?

[akaristudiosaks]

What does He have? He Looks so normal to me.

[Magerquark]

It's crazy to think he has almost no vision but still just runs forward with FULL power

[ScoobyDooDoo]

I wanna be happy for the guy, but I’m confused. He lost his vision, yet he knows where he’s going??? Maybe he’s legally blind??? Congrats at any rate. Will check his story out

[ragnarandersson]

He run in Paralympic..but he have 2 own legs😂😂

[newtondescartes]

why can't he run competitions with non-disabled?

[SuperCyberMaster]

I dont know, if he sees barely he should run with non paralympic guys. He not lost totally his vision, for 100m run its enough to see barely to run maximum of your potential. I think its unfair to run in Paralympics with this vision. If his vision is totally gone, then its okey, but his vision its not totally gone.