GOOD: Cambodian Sports

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Decades of war and internal strife have left Cambodia with one of the highest proportions of people disabled by land mines in the world. The country's only professional sports league is the Cambodian National Volleyball League (Disabled), a scrappy network of volleyball teams whose players once fought against each other in times of civil war and now face each other on the court. They also sponsor a wheelchair racing program which empowers women who would traditionally be confined to their homes. Currently, the national volleyball team is ranked number three in the world, and regularly defeats non-disabled teams including an Australian navy squad which has tasted defeat three years running. These national heroes may have lost limbs to land mines, but they'll still whoop you in volleyball.

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[Cravenj]

I love Cambodia, Lived their for 4 months and never before had I seen people faced with such strife and problems be so happy. When I asked some of them what they were so happy about, they replied "Why not just be happy?"

A beautiful country that is finally starting to get back on its feet.

[KFDonny]

cambodian music is just plain gangster. i allways like cambodian music.

[OMGOPH]

@MegaMoFUnk everything

[OMGOPH]

thailand is great

[MegaMoFUnk]

@OMGOPH do yo u want some haterade with that?

[DoctorFunkensteinMD]

this just about made my day :)

[OMGOPH]

i hate cambodia

[MegaMoFUnk]

what is the song during the video? the second song

[Frmca2co]

I agree was Ratana

[RATTANA1968]

@evilferret132 vietnamsese save cambodia but vietnamese also support pol pot and took our land ( south vietname). so, who save who. vietnamese abuse khmere krom and give them no freedom at all. think before you say that vietnamese save cambodia. vietnamese has no land at all and they never win the war against cambodia: they just move it inch by inch. so vietnamese stop your nonsense.

[khmer1jeat]

nice report ! thanks for sharing ^^

[TokyoInfluenceD]

Their awesome, so inspirational!