Text|Historical Curiosity.
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More than 20 years ago, a little girl without legs, sitting in half a basketball, spread all over the country, and reports about "basketball girls" were also published all over the Internet.
Her experience of losing her legs made everyone sympathize, and her optimistic attitude towards life made everyone praise.
More than 20 years have passed, I don't know if you still remember this little girl?After growing up in her twenties, this "basketball girl" not only stood up, but also "walked" very far.
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In 2005, in a small village in Yunnan, a reporter accidentally found a little girl, this little girl has no legs, the lower half of her body is a basketball, she uses her hands on the ground to support her body to move forward, her movements are very slow, and her appearance also looks very clumsy, which is distressing.
So, the reporter recorded the scene of the little girl walking and also walked into her life.
After inquiry, the reporter learned the story behind the girl, when she was young, the girl was amputated at a high level because of an accidental car accident, but the girl's family was very poor and could not afford the high cost of equipping prosthetics, so the girl was never able to "stand up" again.
In order to prevent her wound from being infected, her grandfather had to stuff cotton in the basketball and put it on her, and since then, the girl's appearance has become the image seen by reporters.
Although she lost her legs, the tragedy did not make the little girl lose her love of life, she always maintained an optimistic attitude, using basketball instead of her feet, jumping and jumping in the field to "walk".
During the reporter's interview, the girl always kept smiling, and seeing such a young face, the reporters present couldn't help but feel pity.
After learning about this, many people hoped to do their part for this little girl, they thought that the little girl could get help through the Internet, so the relevant ** worked overtime overnight to report the deeds of this poor but optimistic little girl - Qian Hongyan.
Qian Hongyan's experience made everyone feel sympathetic, and after her story came out, it was quickly reported by the major official **, and even CCTV and the public security with extremely high declaration standards reported her story.
Overnight, reports about Qian Hongyan spread all over the Internet. The story of this little girl was also known to everyone overnight, and Qian Hongyan's name was also deeply rooted in everyone's minds.
Everyone felt sympathy for her plight and admired her optimism. She is also affectionately called "basketball girl" because of the unique means of basketball.
Nowadays, the Internet is developed and the society is harmonious, and the poor students on the Internet are sponsored, and the orphans who have no father or mother are adopted.
This "basketball girl" also received the help of many caring people, netizens from Tiannan and Haibei sent their basketball and some daily necessities to Xiao Hongyan, and wealthy netizens also helped her go to the hospital in Beijing to do ***
With the help of netizens, Xiao Hongyan also has a pair of prosthetics that she once dreamed of.
After completing the operation, Qian Hongyan, like other girls, stood up in a skirt, her face instantly bloomed with a bright smile, and her eyes flashed with crystal tears, and her life would be completely changed from then on.
After many years, how is Qian Hongyan doing?When the basketball girl who lost her legs reappeared in front of netizens, it was more than 20 years later.
At this time, of course, she no longer needed basketball, and surprisingly, she also had her own career and shone in the field of swimming.
In 2021, at the Shaanxi Paralympics, Qian Hongyan sat in a wheelchair and waited for the start of the women's 100m breaststroke SB5 competition. On the playing field, Qian Hongyan's face not only has the optimism of the past, but also a kind of perseverance.
In the preparation stage, Qian Hongyan held on to the armrest of the wheelchair with her hands, and slowly moved her body from the wheelchair to the springboard with her strong waist strength.
As soon as the competition password sounded, Qian Hongyan immediately jumped up, jumped into the water, and began to swim forward with her own hands.
The distance of 100 meters may be a piece of cake for people with sound limbs, but it is undoubtedly a challenge for Qian Hongyan.
What's more, the 100-meter race was in water instead of land, Qian Hongyan's body swayed in the water, and the audience couldn't help but sweat for Qian Hongyan.
They weren't worried that she would lose the match, but that she would have an accident due to her physical exhaustion. However, this girl was not as weak as everyone imagined, she still surpassed many other competitors with her strong arm strength and waist strength, and also won the silver medal.
This is not the first time Qian Hongyan has participated in swimming competitions, when she was not yet an adult, Qian Hongyan participated in many swimming competitions and won many gold and silver medals, and the results are quite eye-catching.
From the "basketball girl" in the mountain village to the "swimmer" among the disabled, her inspirational life has naturally received a lot of attention.
In an interview, she was extremely pleased with her past achievements: she couldn't even get out of her room, but she got out of the province and even into the world by swimming.
In the past few years, she has seen many different cultures, and she believes that the process of preparing for and participating in the competition is extremely enjoyable.
When she was competing, she never thought about winning competitions and winning prizes, because she always felt that doing her best was the best. It's her calmness that makes her more optimistic and allows her to maintain her composure in matches big and small.
Since then, Qian Hongyan has also participated in the Hangzhou Asian Para Games in October this year, in which she chose to challenge herself to participate in the more difficult women's 100m breaststroke SB6 competition.
In the course of the race, she swam forward with all her might, and eventually finished ninth.
However, people can often only see the good results that Qian Hongyan easily won, but they can't see the painstaking efforts behind her, behind Qian Hongyan's inspirational life, there are countless sweats and sacrifices.
Behind the honor, there is an unknown bitterness. It is with Qian Hongyan's hard work for more than 20 years that she has created her excellent results that are far ahead in the competition today.
Back then, "Basketball Girl" was popular all over the Internet, and Qian Hongyan carried out it with the help of everyone*** During this period, a disabled swimming coach saw this optimistic little girl.
She didn't give up on herself because of her physical disability, and this optimism touched the coach. So, the coach encouraged her to jump out of her circle and try to become a swimmer, which also completely changed Qian Hongyan's life.
At the beginning, Xiao Hongyan looked at the prosthetic leg she had just connected, let alone becoming a swimmer, she didn't even dare to imagine going into the water to swim, so she didn't have the luxury of becoming an athlete.
Until one day, Xiao Hongyan ** had a competition for the disabled, and what Xiao Hongyan didn't expect was that the disabled could also participate in the competition like ordinary people.
After seeing the competition, this little girl also has a dream in her heart, she hopes that she will be like those disabled people who participated in the competition, and strive for her dream to live a better life.
The coach who encouraged Xiao Hongyan has helped many people with disabilities become swimmers. Therefore, with the encouragement of the coach again and again, Xiao Hongyan seized this opportunity and became a member of the first Yunnan Para Swimming Club.
In the swimming club, Xiao Hongyan can be said to be the most hard-working child, but it is far from enough to be a swimmer who can only endure hardships, and you also need to have good physical fitness.
In the disability level, Qian Hongyan, who has a high amputation, belongs to the S6 level. There are very few people with disabilities in this class, whether they look at the whole of China or in the world.
Coach Zhang, who has helped many disabled people, learned about this situation and specially formulated a special training plan for Xiao Hongyan to train her.
Sit-ups, push-ups, dumbbells, Xiao Hongyan completed these movements quickly and well, longer than everyone else trained, but she didn't say a single tired word.
When the arm strength training is almost complete, it is time to start water Xi. This means that Xiao Hongyan is about to officially start swimming. In swimming, it is very important to ensure the balance of the whole body.
For Xiao Hongyan, who has no legs, the road to swimming in the water is undoubtedly full of thorns. So Xiao Hongyan always has a sad face when she sees water, and she also thinks about giving up in her mind.
When Xiao Hongyan played ** with her mother, her mother talked about her work and said that she was a little overwhelmed and couldn't always accompany her children, and hoped that Qian Hongyan would seize this opportunity and fight for her life. Mother's ** really brought a lot of pressure to the young Qian Hongyan.
This pressure also made her overcome her fear and anxiety and decided to continue training. But Xiao Hongyan, who had never been in contact with swimming, was full of mistakes, and Coach Zhang corrected her mistakes little by little.
After day after day of high-intensity training, Xiao Hongyan is getting better and better. Qian Hongyan has improved so quickly that the coaches feel that she is by no means without talent in swimming.
After more than ten years of practice, Qian Hongyan finally became a qualified swimmer Xi. Under the leadership of the coach, Qian Hongyan participated in large and small swimming competitions and achieved exceptionally good results.
From "Basketball Girl" to "Flying Fish in the Water", Qian Hongyan's inspirational and wonderful life has touched countless people. Qian Hongyan, who is determined to be disabled, perfectly interprets the phrase "disability is not a disability".
Regarding physical disabilities, Qian Hongyan never complains about optimism in life, and surpasses herself again and again in the competition. I believe that Qian Hongyan, who has firm belief and optimism, will definitely go further and further on the road to success.