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At the age of sixteen, he won the national championship, but at the age of seventeen, he directly became a "high paraplegic".
This is definitely bad news for Sang Lan, who has a gold medal dream, and it is definitely bad news that makes her "life is worse than death".
2011 was the thirteenth year she was paralyzed.
This year, she embarked on the road of defending her rights and proposed a huge compensation of $1.8 billion to many defendants.
But she was labeled a "liar" because she was on her back.
So, what was the truth back then? What happened to Sang Lan, who was forced to change the trajectory of her life?
1. The fall of genius
In the sport of gymnastics, the young Sang Lan is definitely a talent-level player.
At the age of 6, he entered the municipal sports school, and at the age of 8, he went to the provincial sports school.
Four months later, he was selected for the provincial sports team.
In the 1991 Zhejiang Provincial Games, at the age of 10, she won the first place in the uneven bars, vault, floor exercise, all-around, and balance beam.
In the coach's opinion, the young Sang Lan is a rare good seedling.
At the age of 12, she was selected for the national team.
While other children of the same age were still playing with mud, Sang Lan had already dedicated all her energy to gymnastics.
As she has perfected her skills, she has often represented her country in various competitions.
At the 1997 National Gymnastics Championships, she won first place in the vault.
Subsequently, he won the vault championship again in the National Games.
For Sang Lan at that time, she hoped to become a world champion more than a national champion.
But just as she was struggling for her dream, her life suddenly came to a sudden brake.
In 1998, she was sent to New York to participate in the "Friendship Games".
Sang Lan, who is rushing to win the championship, is training day after day before the game.
But on July 21, she accidentally fell when she was about to successfully complete the whole routine.
He hit his neck the mat and couldn't move on the spot.
She was immediately rushed to a medical center and then transferred to a well-known hospital, where she was treated by a well-known doctor.
But eventually, she was diagnosed with a fracture of the cervical vertebrae and a high paraplegia below the chest.
This means that she can only rely on a wheelchair to survive from now on, and has become a "half-waste" who cannot take care of herself.
This is definitely a fatal blow to Sang Lan, who was still training in the arena the day before yesterday.
Because of this accident, her life, which has not officially begun, has come to an end.
At that time, she was only 17 years old, which is the age of flowers.
After the incident, the Chinese sports delegation arranged for her two people to take care of her temporarily.
From her injury on July 21 to the follow-up rescue, treatment and rehabilitation, it took her a total of 10 months.
Later, when her condition stabilized, she returned to China.
Under the care of her parents, she went to the rehabilitation hospital every day for training.
Slowly, she regained some basic self-care skills.
I thought that this suffering would crush this flower girl.
But she didn't expect that she used her gymnastics spirit to achieve a perfect counterattack in life.
2. Happy life
January 1999 was six months after the accident in which she was injured.
At that time, she was still undergoing treatment in the United States.
Despite the unbearable pain during the recovery process, she gritted her teeth and persevered.
Subsequently, she became the first Chinese to host a lighting ceremony for the Empire State Building in Times Square.
In 2000, he became the torchbearer of the "Paralympic Games".
The world kisses me with pain, and I want to repay it with a song.
Sang Lan is exactly such a person.
Although her body was crippled, her heart became more and more determined.
She is determined to use her tenacious fighting spirit to brighten her already bleak life.
In September 2002, she joined "Star TV".
Became the host of the special program "Sunland 2008".
After that, he was admitted to Peking University and became a student of the Department of Journalism.
In 2004, she had become a university student and had a new identity.
That is the love ambassador of the Chinese Paralympics, the Deaf Olympics and the Special Olympics.
In 2008, she served as a torchbearer for the Beijing Olympic Games.
In fact, all the achievements, in addition to Sang Lan's own efforts, are also the silent efforts of the people behind her.
In 1999, after she returned to China to recover, many people came to visit.
Among them, there is a football agent named Huang Jian.
In Huang Jian's opinion, it is indeed a bit sad for a flower-like girl to be injured like this.
In addition, Sang Lan's family is not wealthy, so the high cost of rehabilitation also makes her family feel pressure.
Later, as long as there was an activity, Huang Jian would call Sang Lan.
In 2001, after Sang Lan became an Olympic ambassador, Huang Jian gave her a big gift.
It is a sponsorship contract worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
After that, he became Sunland's agent.
Not to make money, just to be able to help this ill-fated girl.
In 2002, when Sang Lan went to study at Peking University, Huang Jian became a football agent again.
It wasn't until Sang Lan finished his studies in 2006 that the two became closer again.
But Sang Lan's public impression has become very negative due to one bad thing after another.
3. "Transnational sky-high price case"
The first was the "airplanegate" incident in 2008.
At that time, when Sang Lan was on the plane, he asked the crew to use his wheelchair after landing.
But for some reason, the crew still provided her with a wheelchair at the airport.
As a result, Sang Lan had a conflict with the crew, which eventually caused the flight to be delayed by two hours.
Afterwards, she fell into the whirlpool of public opinion.
But then the "babysittergate" in 2009 made her already erratic evaluation even worse.
Due to the particularity of Sang Lan's body, her family has been inseparable from the nanny for many years.
But the nanny in 2009 was a person who didn't do anything with money.
So, she and Huang Jian exposed the nanny's behavior and posted the dirty and messy hygiene at home as evidence on the blog.
But she was once again surrounded by public opinion because of this.
In those two years, Sang Lan and Huang Jian's reviews have been fluctuating.
It wasn't until 2011 that the occurrence of a "transnational lawsuit" made Sunlan completely become the target of the public.
After the accident in 1998, her family had some difficulties because of various rehabilitation costs.
The annual cost, which is as high as hundreds of thousands, has been going on for more than a decade.
It wasn't until 2011 that she decided to defend herself.
In late April of the same year, her team of lawyers initiated proceedings.
A total of five institutions and three individuals were prosecuted.
In her complaint, a total of 18 charges were listed.
$100 million is claimed for each of them.
That adds up to $1.8 billion.
In Sunlan's personal complaint, she said that her fall was caused by coach Belu's sudden removal of the mat.
She believes that this is the main reason why she is hurting.
In addition, the gymnastics association, the organizer and other parties are inseparable.
However, as early as the day after the accident, the organizer sent eight people to make a detailed statement on the causes and consequences of the accident.
The president of the United States Gymnastics Association also said that the equipment, protective pads and other equipment in this event all meet international standards.
Therefore, the accident was not caused by external unsafe factors.
Subsequently, the coordinator of the United States gymnastics team also spoke that Sunland's fall was an accident.
From his point of view, Sang Lan turned his head in the air, causing him to fall to the ground when he shouldn't have landed, which caused the incident.
In their rhetoric, this incident was just an accident.
But in Sunlan's view, the accident was not a simple accident.
It wasn't until 2015 that a key figure emerged in the case, Carter.
Before the accident, Carter set up a video camera to record Sunlan's vaulting so that his team could learn.
But unexpectedly, this video became the key evidence of the incident.
However, Carter refused to release the footage, citing the protection of Sunlan and the gymnastics industry.
It wasn't until Santz, an United States sports scientist, got his hands on the footage on the grounds of analyzing the incident.
In his analysis report, nine screenshots of the video are listed.
The screenshot shows that when Sang Lan took off, the position of her feet was 20 centimeters ahead of the usual stepping position.
This leads to deviations in subsequent landing.
And this is the real reason why she had an accident.
As for why the front 20 centimeters, maybe the pace is too big, or maybe the stepping board is misplaced.
But because the video doesn't record what happened before the takeoff, Sands didn't give a definitive conclusion.
As for Sang Lan's accusation of Beru's removal of the mat, there is no evidence in the screenshots.
From the time Sunlan jumped to the time she fell, Belu did not stand in the landing area, but stayed in the running area to observe her movements.
Therefore, in this extremely short period of time, it is impossible for Beru to rush to the drop area and remove the mat.
From Beru's position, it was also proved that Sang Lan's complaint was wrong.
So she also wore the hat of "liar".
Even their relatives didn't understand Sang Lan's thoughts.
persuaded her to "forget it, stop fighting".
But agent Huang Jian said that Sang Lan saw the mat being removed before the run, but this was not shown in the screenshot.
So they demanded that Carter release the full video to prove that Sunland was not lying.
But Carter replied that the tape could no longer be found because of the long interval.
And just like that, the truth of the matter is gone.
Because of this, the insurance purchased by the United States Gymnastics Association for the competitors has not been honored.
I just paid for Sang Lan's treatment in the United States, nanny fees, medicine fees, etc.
As for the rehabilitation expenses after returning to China, the insurance company did not pay for it.
It wasn't until 2011 that they approached the insurance company after they sued it.
It was only after that that that the large amount of treatment expenses in China began to be reimbursed.
As for the United States Gymnastics Association and three insurance companies sued Sunland, they were also able to withdraw the lawsuit after a three-hour closed-door meeting with Sunland.
After signing the settlement agreement, the parties admitted that the accident was not a personal mistake.
The insurance company will also pay a sum of money to Sunland on a regular basis as a living allowance.
At the same time as the prosecution in 2011, she also announced the "sexual Q incident" of that year.
But in the end, because the "sexual Q case" is not equal to the "and strong J crime", the case could not be filed.
In August 2016, Sunland ended its 18-year entanglement by withdrawing the lawsuit.
5. Finally see the light
From a young girl in the flower season to a "disabled person" who relies on a wheelchair to survive, Sang Lan has experienced unimaginable hardships for ordinary people.
But with Huang Jian's company, her life finally ushered in the dawn.
In 2013, the two held a wedding.
In 2014, Sang Lan welcomed their child "Huang Xiaobao" through a caesarean section.
When signing the operation notice, Huang Jian outside the delivery room was sweating nervously.
Although she knows that pregnancy is a great risk for a high paraplegic, for her, having a child is the fulfillment of life.
Later, she said that if possible, she would like to add a younger brother or sister to her child.
From a doctor's point of view, Sang Lan is a fertile physique.
Perhaps, this is also the reason why she wants to fight for a second child.
Today, ten-year-old Huang Xiaobao has become a little man.
He will go out to exercise with his father Huang Jian, and he will also help his mother massage at home.
In his spare time, Huang Jian also helps his wife prepare various love recipes.
During this period, various small surprises will also be prepared for his wife.
After twenty-six years, Sang Lan finally came to an end.
epilogue
Years of suffering have not stopped Sang Lan.
The more frustrated and courageous the life, is the achievement of her hard work.
Now she has long walked out of the haze of that accident.
With her husband and son by her side, she seems to have regained the splendor she had when she was 17 years old.
Some references
"Beijing News"|17 years ago, the live video was exposed! Did Sang Lan "lie"? 2015.11.28
"Yangtze Evening News"|Agent: At the end of the year, I married Sang Lan and said frankly not to die in front of Sang Lan 2013.08.21
Love Ambassador Sang Lan: The fiery youth burns because of strength