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Twenty-three years ago, "Queen of Vaulting Horses" Sang Lan fell to paralysis on the field. Is there "something hidden" behind it?

In the individual men's all-around gymnastics final at the Tokyo Olympics, Chinese athlete Xiao Ruoteng won the runner-up. Although Xiao Ruoteng failed to realize his championship dream, such achievements are still worthy of pride.

It’s just that the field is changing rapidly, some people are happy and others are sad.

Sun Wei, a player from Jiangsu, China, suffered a wrist injury that seriously affected his performance. He ended up in fourth place and missed the podium. Behind the regret, people can’t help but think of those years. , athletes who retired from the race due to injuries and missed the podium due to injuries.

As we all know, sports have certain risks, and athletes are more likely to be injured than ordinary people.

For example, in basketball games, injuries happen from time to time; in boxing games, it can range from a bruised nose and face to a serious case of falling to the ground and fainting...

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Injuries have a great impact on competition performance, and many athletes have to leave the field as a result. In the gymnastics world, there is such a goddess who once shone in the gymnastics world and was named the "Queen of Vaulting".

But unfortunately, an accident caused this girl, who was not yet 18 years old, to leave her beloved vault and be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. spend.

This girl is Sang Lan.

In 1981, a family in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province welcomed a daughter. Her parents named her "Sanglan", hoping that she would be as elegant and pure as an orchid.

Since she was a child, Sang Lan has been like a "girl like the wind", full of energy and fond of sports.

When Sang Lan was 6 years old, she entered a sports school.

For young Sang Lan, all kinds of weird equipment are much more interesting than toys in kindergarten. Brothers and sisters who can dodge and move are better than children in kindergarten who can only cry.

After entering the Zhejiang Youth Sports School, she developed a strong interest in gymnastics. She trained hard and her grades were always very good. She was the goddess in the sports school.

She has also won first place in gymnastics, vaulting, individual all-around and other competitions many times.

From the provincial team to the national team, it only took her 3 years to become a rising gymnastics star of the national team.

After joining the national team, she trained very hard and her competition results were very stable. Everyone felt that she had a bright future.

She has won many honors for herself and the country, and is also very famous in the international sports world. Her dream is to stand on the highest podium in gymnastics, win a gold medal for her motherland, and win a championship for herself.

At that time, she was young and high-spirited, and was often the focus of everyone's eyes. Every smile and every movement was full of beauty and could arouse enthusiastic cheers from the audience.

Who would have thought that fate likes to joke so much. One second she was the "Queen" of the field, and the next second she was like an angel falling into hell.

In July 1998, Sang Lan, who was not yet 18 years old, participated in the 4th Friendship Games with the theme of "Benefiting Children" Contest.

The competition took place in New York, where all the superstars in the sports world gathered at that time. Sang Lan was also full of confidence in himself and wanted to win the championship in one fell swoop.

However, she accidentally fell while doing vault practice before the competition.

What Sang Lan was doing was a "hand flip" action, and he did this action twice in a row. But because there were many experts in the competition, she felt that the warm-up was not enough and she was not confident enough, so she did it again.

Unexpectedly, this action, which is already "familiar" to world-class athletes, would happen unexpectedly.

Sang Lan nodded his head on the mat and landed on the ground, unconscious at the time. The accompanying ambulance personnel and courtside staff rushed her to the hospital for emergency treatment.

But the height of flipping to the ground has become the distance from hope to despair.

After the doctor’s rescue diagnosis, she suffered a cervical spine fracture and was paraplegic from the chest down. She was afraid that she would spend her whole life in a wheelchair.

The day after Sang Lan’s fall, the organizing committee of the Friendship Games held a press conference. Eight authorities gathered together Attend.

They announced Sang Lan’s treatment and diagnosis to the media, and explained that all equipment and protective measures before the game were normal. This was an absolute accident.

USA Gymnastics President Kathy Scanlan also assured the media and audience that this was definitely not a safety incident.

They believed that Sang Lan was originally going to dismount and do somersaults, but he turned over his head while turning in the air. He should have landed feet first, but ended up landing head first. .

This was entirely her personal mistake.

Tu Mingde, the leader of the Chinese delegation at the time, also admitted at the press conference that this was an accident caused by a mistake.

However, Sang Lan himself did not think so.

After waking up from the fall, the first thing she asked was how the game went.

A young girl who has just learned that she will spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair wakes up not to care about herself, but to care about the progress of the game. It is not easy to be so strong and optimistic. .

Everyone was moved by her spirit, praised her for her greatness, and cried for her great love.

Later, when interviewed by reporters, she said that the fall was not her fault at all, but It was the coach who took the cushion away.

She alleged that she had already taken off and was doing movements in the air when she realized that the cushion had been removed.

She was panicked and her movements became hesitant, so she made a mistake when she fell. The removal of the cushions was the main reason for this injury.

On one side is the strong, optimistic, great tragic flower girl, and on the other side is the coach who is trying hard to defend himself, prove his innocence, and may be "conspiracy".

The trend of public opinion has become one-sided. The truth of the matter has not yet come to light, but the balance in the hearts of the audience has already tilted towards the "weak woman" Sang Lan.

Sang Lan found a lawyer and asked for compensation.

In the 17 years since the accident, Sang Lan has never forgotten to claim compensation or accuse the Romanian gymnastics team coach who removed the mat when she took off.

She and her husband and manager Huang Jian once appeared on "Very Quiet Distance" together. In the show, she also said: "The situation at that time was that I was doing the second job. "I fell down while doing a difficult move."

She said that many people did not know the situation at that time. She had already taken off during the run-up, and when she was about to step on the pedals, a Romanian coach ran over and pulled the cushion, causing her to fall.

She also shouted: "Don't retreat, don't retreat", but the coach may not have realized the danger.

After this program was broadcast, the audience was in mourning.

Just when everyone was complaining about Sang Lan and hoping that the law would give a fair verdict, new evidence was made public.

The latest investigation results released by Xinhuanet showed that Sang Lan’s fall was caused by his own mistake.

When she dismounted, she miscalculated the position of the pedal and stepped forward about 20cm more than usual during practice. This was the main reason for her injury.

Public evidence shows that her fall had nothing to do with the soft mat, and it was not the Romanian gymnastics coach who removed the mat.

On the contrary, the coach was the first one to run to her side to help her after she fell. people. The truth has been revealed, and everyone can't help but feel sorry for the two protagonists in this matter.

Later, Sang Lan reached a settlement with many institutions related to the accident and received a huge amount of compensation, and will also receive certain compensation regularly in the future.

This incident had a great impact on public opinion, and it can be said that Sang Lan was put at the forefront.

Prior to this, Sang Lan's husband Huang Jian, as her agent, believed that this kind of Sang Lan had more social value. Because a controversial public figure with her own topic can better reflect her commercial value.

Therefore, in that interview, Sang Lan deliberately announced the truth behind the "secret story" behind her fall on the field. It is unknown whether it was related to her husband's marketing. .

Fortunately, after Sang Lan fell into the whirlpool of public opinion, Huang Jian also deeply regretted it!

Many well-known people said that no matter who is right or wrong, please let Sang Lan live in peace.

Many years have passed since the incident, and time will erase the trauma caused by this incident to Sang Lan. Although her body cannot recover, she has also ushered in a new life. .

I have to admit that Sang Lan is an inspirational, strong and optimistic girl.

The doctor who treated her after the fall said that she was the strongest and most optimistic person he had ever seen. girl.

In those years, Sang Lan asked the question "When can I train again?" more than once. But she also knew in her heart that maybe she would never be able to return to the competition in this life.

So in 1999, after her physical condition stabilized, she returned to China to continue treatment, and was admitted to Peking University without taking the exam.

In the same year, he also joined Star TV and became the host of "Sanglan 2008". This also means that she has truly entered another life.

Kazuo Inamori once said that the path of life is drawn with the heart.

No matter how harsh the situation is, you should not be surrounded by pessimism.

Sang Lan did it. She is always optimistic and positive, and she always has the brightest smile in front of others. After experiencing bolts from the blue, we finally get a rainbow.

She met Huang Jian, who also retired from sports.

At that time, Huang Jian was moved by her strong and optimistic spirit and was deeply attracted by her. He first became her agent, and then He took close care of her for several years.

Because of high paraplegia, Sang Lan cannot live without people around her. Huang Jian didn't mind the hard work and took the initiative to take care of her food and daily life.

Even if it is not easy, there is not a single complaint.

In the end, the two people finally came together.

It can be said that Huang Jian gave Sang Lan a new life.

While Huang Jian was worried about Sang Lan’s food and daily life, he also had to run his own business. At the same time, as Sang Lan’s agent, he also had to provide She is involved in various public welfare speeches and motivational programs.

Sang Lan has never lost confidence and hope in life. Although she has limited mobility, she still uses her smart brain to run a business with her husband.

She has always loved reading, which not only enriches her own heart, but also brings the spark of hope to more people.

On the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Sang Lan also served as an ambassador for the Olympic bid and passed the Olympic torch.

Over the years, she has always shown to the public a positive and optimistic side that actively cooperates with treatment.

She once posted on Weibo that it has been 20 years and she has gotten up wherever she fell. She was very busy juggling between career and family.

In her career, she has become a charity ambassador, an inspirational role model for people with disabilities, and a strong and winner in life.

In terms of family, she and her husband Huang Jian also have a lovely son, and the family lives a happy life.

The nightmare she once had is gone, but her life still has a long way to go. Her future deserves more excitement.

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Text | Zhang Xiaobei & Lian Xiaonuan

Editor | Yu Feinian

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