Last night, the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games National Stadium Bird's Nest held a grand opening ceremony, at this time, the National Stadium Bird's Nest transformed into a sea of stars, accommodating guests from all over the world, everyone gathered together to share beautiful moments. It is worth mentioning that at the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympic Games, a very touching scene also occurred. Blind torchbearer Li Duan encountered a great difficulty in the final ignition, the torch could not be inserted into the designated hole, and later under the continuous encouragement of the audience, and with the help of auxiliary personnel, Li Duan lit the main torch, and then, Li Duan was also very excited, shaking his arms and waving his fists and roaring to show the joy in his heart.
The opening ceremony entered the final link, the torch was carried by the Winter Paralympic alpine skier Liu Sitong, came to the Bird's Nest, she walked a distance and handed it to the Paralympic track and field athlete Wen Xiaoyan, and then the third stick was the Paralympic swimmer Ma Jia, which was then passed to the hand of the Paralympic wheelchair basketball player Zhang Xuemei, followed by liu Cuiqing - Dong Chao - Tang Xuemei, and the last stick came to the hand of paralympic track and field athlete Li Duan.
Because Li Duan is a visually impaired athlete, therefore, he came to the front of the main torch platform under the guidance of the auxiliary personnel, and next, he will carry out a very sacred ignition ceremony, but because he can't see, the ignition encountered a trouble, only to see Li Duan try many times without inserting the torch into the main torch, just at this time, the scene sounded a very loud "refueling" sound, in everyone's cheering, and under the guidance of the auxiliary staff, Li Duan successfully lit the main torch.
After working hard to finally light the main torch, Li Duan was also very excited, clenched his fists, raised his arms and shouted, expressing the excitement in his heart, and the audience once again sounded a warm applause. Seeing this scene, it also touched many people, some netizens said that "although Li Duan can't see it, but he has light in his heart, he lit a beautiful and moving poem with the light in his heart, and as Li Duan lit the main torch in the cheering sound, it was really tear-inducing, which was particularly touching." ”
"Li Duan's final lighting ceremony, the audience cheered for him, he continued to work hard to achieve success, it is really very touching, see want to cry, this is a victory of perseverance, this is an unforgettable moment." Although Li Duan could not see the light, he lit up a starry sky, perhaps this is the beauty of the mutilation. That's great! Cheer him on! ”
Subsequently, the People's Daily and CCTV News also issued a special article of praise, the People's Daily wrote, "He lit up the glimmer of light in his heart for us, the sound of cheering, the applause of the whole audience, always moved by the warmth of the Chinese audience!" ”
CCTV News wrote, "The last stick of the Winter Paralympic Games looked crying, the blind man lit the main torch of the Winter Paralympic Games, the whole audience applauded, at this moment, forward together, cheer for the athletes!" Visually impaired athlete Li Duan lit the winter Paralympic main torch, and although he could not see it, he lit up the night sky for us! "People's Daily" and CCTV News simultaneously posted articles praising, and it has to be said that Li Duan lit the main torch of the Winter Paralympic Games and became an eternal moment in the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympic Games.
Li Duan was a basketball player, was selected for the Chinese men's basketball national youth team, is the main defender of the team, the Chinese men's basketball legendary center Wang Zhizhi is his teammate, but in 1996, there was a tragedy that changed his life, when he was cleaning, the bottom of the fire extinguisher suddenly exploded, the fire extinguisher hit Li Duan's brain door, and then he entered a coma, of course, after he woke up, he lost the light, he could no longer see the day, and there was only night in his eyes.
However, Li Duan did not give up on himself, but cut through thorns and thorns, against the current, he went to learn Braille, went to learn massage to become a masseur, and later, he became a blind track and field athlete, between 2000 and 2012, he participated in a total of 4 Paralympic Games, a total of 4 cards.
There may be many setbacks in life, Li Duan tells us with actions, no matter what setbacks, people must dare to face difficulties, dare to challenge themselves, no matter how bumpy the road ahead is, they can still walk out of a road to success, I have to say that Li Duan's story is very inspirational and very moving!