I think I first started playing badminton because of my older sister. I remember, I was around 5 and a half years old when I first saw my sister playing with her friends. That’s when I really wanted to play, so that I would be able to play against her. I hadn’t really thought about it being such a serious sport for me, I had just started playing for fun. After a few years of just training and playing some games, I started partaking in small-level tournaments. After performing fairly well in those tournaments, I started training harder and harder to hopefully play at even bigger ones. Now I train about 5 to 6 times a week, and eat healthy to maintain my physique. Of course, everyone who plays a sport faces some challenges, but I would say that the biggest ones for me are injuries, or just self-doubt. But I try to remind myself that I can win, and how starting at a young age gave me an upper-hand. I would say that my biggest inspiration would be my teammates, because I get to see them show up to training every day and see how resilient they are. I always look up to them in terms of their hard-work and constant determination.
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Veronica Yang – National Athletes
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Ishita Kapoor, Student Life Editor
Ishita Kapoor (11), back again, and more excited than ever, is thrilled to be one of the Student Life editors this year at The Voice. Instead of going out every day for food, she’s been trying to distract herself with reruns of the classic Bollywood movies. Ishita also happens to often find herself out playing golf, riding her bike, and writing very short poems.
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