There is such a sportsman, she said that in the most difficult times, it was the public that gave her the courage to continue to live. Sina commented on her, saying that she was a helpful woman. Say that in the face of a cruel fate, she still let her dreams take off.
The American Gymnastics Association also gave her an evaluation, saying that the accident she encountered made the gymnastics community around the world regret. So who is this person? What happened to her? Is she doing okay now?
One: Gymnastics champion Sunland.
The story I share with you today, the protagonist's name is Sunland. Born in 1981 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, Sunland was originally a member of the Chinese women's gymnastics team. Sunland officially joined the national team in 1993, and after four years of professional training for the national team, Sunland won the national vaulting championship in 1997.
In the second year, Sunland participated in the 4th American Friendship Games, but during the practice process, she lost consciousness of all the body parts below Sunland's chest due to an accident, resulting in a serious vertebral fracture, so she has been a paraplegic patient since then.
The legend of Sunland is all from the beginning of the practice of the American Friendship Games. Many people say that Sunland is an optimistic and strong girl because she was paraplegic in 2002, but she was admitted to the journalism department of Peking University through personal efforts and excellent academic results, and got a bachelor's degree.
In 2007, after graduating from her alma mater, Sunland became an inspirational representative of the disabled. Sunland has spoken out for the disabled in many social activities, encouraging more disabled people to be strong in facing life.
In 2008, Sunland also became one of Beijing's image ambassadors during the Olympic Games, and Sunland's spirit was portrayed by journalists at the time as self-improvement and loyalty to the movement. At the end of the year, Sunland's strong image made her gain high popularity, and many event organizers invited Sunland to cooperate. So Sunland selected the official website of the Beijing Olympic Games from many units, and she accepted the invitation to become a special correspondent of the website.
These episodes are all about Sunland's optimism after paraplegia, but the slightly controversial events that really come to mind sunland came after April 2011. It turns out that Sunland has always wanted to form a most professional and authoritative team of authoritative lawyers with international nature.
Sunland was busy with the matter from july 1998 to April 6, 2011. On August 9, Sunland's lawyer delegation held a press conference to investigate the evidence of Sunland's previous injuries.
In addition, they added another case, that is, when Sunland was injured, she was no longer able to take care of herself, but was sexually assaulted. The team of lawyers conducted the most professional criminal investigation of these two cases.
The first thing is the injury incident. It happened in July 1998, when Sunland was only 17 years old, and she represented Chinese gymnasts in the 4th Friendship Games.
But Sunland was injured while practicing vaulting and suffered a fracture of the spine, and finally the doctor determined that the area below Sunland's chest was likely to have no more basic sensory power.
On the second day, the relevant units held an emergency press conference based on the accident encountered by Sunland, and 8 professionals attended the press conference and explained to the public the situation after Sunland was injured and the specific reasons for Sunland's injury.
After expressing sympathy for Sunland's encounter with this tragedy, they also recorded the speeches of everyone at the press conference that day. According to the speech information of the press conference, we can know that Ms. Kathy Sklan, the president of the American Gymnastics Association, who participated in the press conference, gave an explanation for the reason for the accident in Sunland, which was:
I can guarantee with my own personality that in the process of participating in all gymnastics exercises, Sunland has professionally equipped our venue, the facilities are arranged, and all the details are in line with international standards. In other words, Ms. Kathy Scaran believes that Sunland's fall was an accident from a professional point of view.
In addition to the president of the American Gymnastics Association, there is also a very professional gymnastics coordinator, who also produced relevant photos at the press conference and told reporters, no matter how you understand the accident, but from the perspective of international standards, sunland's encounter with these things can be determined to be an accident.
So how was this accident explained by professionals? Most gymnasts believe that Sunland was in the air during training at that time, and her posture was in a state of turning her head over.
Originally, Sunland should have landed on the ground by his feet, but when Sunland flipped in the air, he forgot that his feet should land on the ground, and let his head face the ground, which made the position of Sunland's body deviate, and let the accident happen.
If the U.S. gymnastics professionals' speech at that time could not convince more Chinese, you can also see the Chinese professional delegation that also attended the press conference. For example, the head of the Chinese delegation participating in the Friendship Games also said many times in his speech: The incident was an accident.
Perhaps it was because these professionals came out to speak, which caused Sunland to think that no one cared about her, so she was extremely cold, so she began to want to form a professional team of lawyers to fight for her own injustice and justice. Sunland finally formed a team of human rights lawyers in early April 2011 and initiated the proceedings that followed.
Sunland prosecuted five related agencies and three individuals as defendants in the injury alone. For every project she asked for, Sunland hoped the court would award her $100 million in damages.
According to the US media, Sunland's claim to the court in the first stage was to claim 500 million yuan from the defendant, and later reached more than a dozen to 2 billion US dollars in compensation, and the third stage claimed 13 billion US dollars in compensation.
This may seem like an exaggeration, but it turns out that celebrities using professional lawyers to speak up for them often achieve results that are unimaginable to ordinary people. Because the final trial results showed that Sunland was compensated by 8 related agencies for 1.8 billion US dollars.
Sunland's team of lawyers used athlete-to-institution agreements, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York City Human Rights Act, the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964, and related U.S. insurance laws to prosecute 8 defendants in 5 agencies and list 18 allegations. It is said that the plaintiff, Sunland, in the middle and late recuperation, seriously interfered with the rest of his life with the crimes of unjust enrichment, misappropriation of property, defamation and invasion of personal privacy.
Sunland was eventually awarded $1.8 billion in damages under the enforcement of the U.S. courts, but she also had a very bad impact on many people. For example, during the 17-year accusation period, Sunland has always claimed that Octawan Bellu (gymnastics coach) is the one who removed the mat in an instant during gymnastics training.
However, according to the photos at the time and the testimony of witnesses, Oktawan Bellu not only did not move the mat on the ground at that time, but also was the person who took the initiative to walk to Sunland's side to help her after falling to the ground.
Sunland's injuries came to an end, and neither she nor Octavian Beru apologized to anyone. The second thing she experienced was a sexual assault.
Two: Usher in controversy.
In June 2011, Haiming, a representative of Sunland Law Group, asked a witness, Dr. Lupin, who has been rehabilitating Sunland since 1998. Lupin appeared in court as a witness, saying that he had once gone to Sunland's settlement for her routine treatment, but did not expect to wait until he opened the door of Sunland's house to find Xue Weisen, a man holding Sunland who was sleeping.
They lay on the couch, their bodies covered with only a blanket. Then Xue Weisen sexually assaulted Sunlan, who was already asleep. Moreover, when Lupin gave this testimony, he used an affirmative tone, not any doubt or uncertainty.
When Lupin chased Xue Weisen away, he quickly ran to the toilet to get some toilet paper and briefly cleaned Sunlan's body. And Sunland has poor self-care ability, so he can only let his doctor help him clean up.
When Sunland saw the waste paper in the trash can, he saw the red blood on the paper. According to Sunland's words at the time, she was only 17 years old when she experienced these things, and she was in a state of paralysis, and she had never experienced the marriage, so the red color on the paper made her immediately realize that she had lost her first time.
But here it needs to be added, who is the rapist Xue Weisen accused by Sunland? Sunland has a guardian in the United States, and its guardian is Xue Weisen's parents. But strangely enough, Sunland has also accused two people in previous injury cases.
It was her two guardians (husband and wife) in the United States, and Sunland believed that Xue Weisen's parents had not fulfilled their guardianship responsibilities for themselves, so she also took him to court after she was injured. But not knowing what happened later, Sunland took the initiative to withdraw the accusation against his parents.
In the sexual assault incident, Sunland not only accused Xue Weisen of sexually assaulting himself, but later added a defendant, that is, Xue Weisen's father. Sunland said that the father and son had violated her in an environment where she was powerless to resist.
Sunland said that in addition to being able to provide the accusations of doctor Lupin, he also had a witness: a business partner named Huang Anna. But it is also strange to say that if Sunland's accusations are strong and can protect her through legal channels, then Xue Weisen's family will definitely be punished by law.
But unfortunately, Sunland finally told the court that she was unwilling to sue Xue Weisen's family, and said that she would never sue again in the future. The reason for this change may only be known to Sunland himself.
In addition, Sunland's married life is also worth noting. In 2000, she was introduced to Huang Jian, who is also a Chinese athlete. Later, after the two had an exchange, Huang Jian took the initiative to act as Sunland's agent, and soon after, he established a relationship.
According to the revelations of Sunland and Huang Jian's mutual friends, Huang Jian was already married before he knew Sunland. Therefore, in the eyes of some of Huang Jian's friends, Huang Jian and Sunlan came together and held a wedding afterwards, which is an act of abandoning the original wife.
And Sunland's relatives and friends have also advised her, saying that Huang Jian insisted on being with Sunland, who was paralyzed in the lower body, most likely to covet the woman's money. In this regard, Huang Jian said that this is his personal private life, and others have no right to interfere. But now not only are they living well, but their material conditions are also guaranteed.
In 2013, Sunland and Huang Jian held a wedding and in September of the same year, they announced the good news that they were pregnant on their personal social accounts. Then in mid-May 2014, Sunland's son was born.
In this way, Sunland may have a better life in the future, and her strong and optimistic image and distressing personality seem to be established. But at this time, Xinhua Net published an article that made Sunland's people question.
Xinhua network published an article "'Removal of the mat accusation' is not based, Sunland fell the truth investigation", the content of the article pointed out that Sunland was injured that year was a personal operation error is more likely, and Sunland insisted that the coach to remove the mat has nothing to do with it, and pointed out that Sunland hid the truth from the public and lied for 17 years.
From the perspective of the onlooker, what Sunland has experienced, the audience has no way of knowing the truth. One can only see from some materials that the two incidents that Sunland experienced are indeed slightly controversial, but what do you think?