Tanzanian wheelchair tennis players eye Paralympic Games

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Tanzanian wheelchair tennis players eye Paralympic Games

STORY: Tanzanian wheelchair tennis players eye Paralympic Games DATELINE: April 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:50 LOCATION: Dar es Salaam CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): REHEMA SAIDI, Tanzanian wheelchair tennis player 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): RIZIKI SALUM, Tanzanian wheelchair tennis coach 3. various of Rehema Saidi training STORYLINE For Rehema Saidi, a 25-year-old college student, no hurdle will prevent her from fulfilling her long-time dream of becoming a super star wheelchair tennis player not only in Tanzania but from across the globe. "I have steel determination to reach the heights of wheelchair tennis playing, including in Paralympics Games, during my lifetime," said Rehema, a second-year student at the Institute of Social Work in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam. Rehema said she started cultivating interest in wheelchair tennis about 10 years ago when she saw persons with disabilities playing the game using wheelchairs. Rehema said six female wheelchair tennis players under t

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