🚴♂️ The Gaza Sunbirds — a para-cycling team of amputee athletes from Gaza — raced at the World Championships in Belgium.
They carried more than flags.
They carried pain. Hope. Resolve.
A beautiful act of resilience in the face of overwhelming odds.
Everyone can make it.
We can do this — but it has to be together.
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Palestine team members were checking anxiously for news from home even while they were competing at the Para Cycling Road World Championships. The two riders were part of the Gaza Sunbirds, a para cycling team established for Gaza residents who lost their limbs in conflicts with Israel. Mohammed Asfour nearly pulled out of Friday’s time trial in Ronse, Belgium after being told his brother had just been killed. Frantic calls established the news wasn’t true. Team co-founder Alaa al-Dali also fears the worst every day having already lost family members in the almost 23-month war. Al-Dali and Asfour are based in Belgium after evacuating from Gaza in April of last year. They keep racing to inspire adults and children who have lost their limbs back home.
Paracyclisme : de Gaza aux championnats du monde • FRANCE 24
Cyclers of Dublin (#rothar)! FYI: registration will soon be opening for the Dublin to Belfast Cycle for Palestine, in aid of Gaza Sunbirds - taking place on 16 and 17 August 2025.
Cycle all or part of it, you decide.
Save the date and watch this space.
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Israel killed a Palestinian paracyclist who lost his leg in 2014 airstrike.
Ahmed al-Dali, a father of 4, was a member of Gaza Sunbirds, a cycling org that has been distributing aid to displaced civilians.
RIP 💔
#GazaSunbirds #Gaza #Palestine #genocide #BikeTooter #paracycling
MUTUAL AID SUNBIRDSAID donate here Learn More As Seen On who are we? In light of the ongoing genocide, our para-cycling team has reverted all its resources to providing community-led aid to Gaza. To date, our athletes and staff have distributed over $400,000 USD worth of aid.Regardless of how bad the situation gets, we are […]