On July 22, 1998, Sunland, who had previously won the Chinese women's vaulting championship, represented China in the Fourth American Friendship Games. During one exercise, Sunland hesitated a little while jumping, and his body spun around in the air a little more. As a result, she landed on the ground on her head and immediately fell to the ground. When people took Sunland to the hospital, Sunland was diagnosed with a cervical vertebral fracture and a paraplegia with a high position below the chest. A vaulting genius who was about to compete for the Olympic title ended up with a disability. This was a huge challenge for Sunland, who was 17 years old at the time. Now that 23 years have passed, is Sunland okay? The most character of this issue will take you closer to the legendary life of Sunland!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="185" > genius was born</h1>
Sunland was born in June 1981 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. His father, Sang Shisheng, was a worker in the housing management department, and his mother, Chen Xiufeng, was a shoe factory worker. As the only daughter in the family, Sunland was regarded as a pearl in the palm of her hand by her parents as soon as she was born.
Sunland as a child
In May 1985, Sunland, who was only 4 years old and could sing and dance, was favored by the coach of Ningbo Junior Sports School. Since then, Sunland has been inextricably linked to gymnastics. After starting to practice gymnastics, Sunland was the smallest in the team, but she was the most able to endure hardships, pull ligaments, practice softness and other most arduous and tedious basic training, she could grit her teeth and persevere, never shed tears and complain.
The following year, Sunland was promoted to a key training course because of his excellent results. In 1988, Sunland participated in the Zhejiang Provincial Junior Gymnastics Competition
In the game, Sunland's first appearance was favored by the head coaches of the provincial gymnastics, skill and diving teams. In the end, Sunland was selected as a gymnast.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="188" > emerging</h1>
In 1989, Sunland was sent to the Zhejiang Provincial Gymnastics Team to participate in training. In 1991, Sunland made her mark at the 9th Zhejiang Provincial Games, winning the women's B all-around and four other individual titles
With his outstanding performance, Sunland also attracted the attention of Lu Shanzhen, head coach of the Chinese national gymnastics women's team.
Sunland Vault
In 1992, at the age of 11, Sunland was selected for the national gymnastics team. In the national gymnastics team, Sunland trained hard and conscientiously completed the training tasks planned by the coach.
In 1996, Sunland won the women's all-around and vaulting championships at the Nanjing City Games.
In 1997, at the 8th National Games, Sunland won the Women's Vault Championship of the National Games.
This also makes Sunland the new vaulting queen in China. People are looking forward to her winning glory for the country in the future Olympic Games, and the Olympic gold medal has always been Sunland's highest dream of practicing gymnastics.
All the hard work was for the moment of winning the championship, but an accident in training completely changed his life.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="190" > accidental injury</h1>
In 1998, the Games of Friendship were held in New York. This is the fourth and last Friendly Games.
Sunland was ready to take off
On the evening of July 21, at the Nassau County Veterans Memorial Gymnasium on Long Island. The women's vaulting race is about to begin, and the contestants are warming up before the race. Sunland's warm-up action is Layout Cuervo, and the Chinese is called a forehand flip straight body 180 degrees.
This action is familiar to the vaulting queen Sunland, who does it dozens of times a day. However, it was this one that made her regret for life.
After Sunland jumped, his head fell heavily to the ground.
Sunland was injured instantly
The assistant coach of the US national team who witnessed the tragedy said: "Sunland's action is not very difficult, she seems to be a little hesitant when stepping on the jump, and her body turns in the air a little more. As a result, she landed on the ground on her head and immediately fell to the ground. ”
The Chinese coach and ambulance crew on the sidelines immediately rushed to do first aid, and the injured Sunland was unconscious for about 10 seconds before he was a little conscious.
She was quickly given a set of measures and carried on a stretcher to the Naso Medical Centre. After arriving at the hospital, after the doctor's diagnosis, Sunland's sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae were dislocated and contused, accompanied by nerve tissue damage, which may lead to paralysis.
After a period of treatment, Sunland's cervical dislocation part has been successfully reduced, and her upper limb mobility has gradually improved
But below the chest has lost consciousness.
In this way, the 17-year-old Sunland had to say goodbye to her gymnastics career, and in the future she would have to spend her life with a wheelchair.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="192" > a long recovery</h1>
Sunland's parents rushed to the United States after hearing the news. The mother saw that her daughter was seriously injured in bed, and could not help but cry, but the young Sunland comforted her mother and said, "Mom, don't you cry." I will definitely beat injuries and I am confident. "The girl's strength makes the parents more painful inside, and they also know what Sunland, who is only 17 years old, is facing?
Sunland is in the hospital
When the teammates who were about to return home from the Friendship Games in early August went to the hospital to say goodbye to Sunland, almost everyone cried, but Sunland suppressed tears, smiled and comforted everyone: I will be fine!
After his injury, Sunland received the world's top rehabilitation in the United States. She had to start training with the simplest of things. With every new move, Sunland put in a huge effort. After months of treatment, Sunland's wrists and elbows have regained function, and her back and chest have begun to feel. However, in the future, it is estimated that it will not be possible to stand and walk.
Sunland was originally alone in the United States, but she was taken care of by Liu Guosheng and Xie Xiaohong, a Chinese-American.
Sunland and Liu Guosheng
Liu Guosheng and his wife left the mainland in the 1960s and opened a company in Beijing in the 1980s to make sports lottery tickets to get rich. In order to repay the cause of sports in China, it has been making great donations to the Chinese Swimming Association and the Gymnastics Association.
This time, Sunland was injured, and he took the initiative to assist and became Sunland's guardian during his minor years. They actively help Sunland deal with everything, and Liu Guosheng said that they will be responsible for Sunland's treatment and living expenses in China for the next decade.
After the injury, in addition to rehabilitation, Sunland also took some math and English classes every day, and she could only go to school in the future.
In January 1999, Sunland became the first foreigner in Times Square to preside over a lighting ceremony for the Empire State Building. This is the glory that Sunland has received, and the people of the country are proud of her.
Sunland training
In September of the same year, Sunland was finally discharged from the hospital and returned to China after more than 10 months of rehabilitation. After returning to China, Sunland tried hard to take care of herself. She learned to wash her face, brush her teeth and eat the most common things in her daily life. In order to take care of Sunland, Sunland's parents were also laid off in advance and have been with Sunland's side.
Because Sunland's high paraplegia has lost her ability to urinate and urinate, every once in a while someone has to help her catheterize. Every day Sunland also needs to do rehabilitation training, and every rehabilitation training, Sunland can experience the feeling of standing up on the standing machine. 40 minutes at a time, which made Sunland cherish that short 40 minutes.
In order to spend a boring day, Sunland bought a computer and often surfed the Internet to browse the news. Sometimes she also plays video games, and while playing games, Sunland also exercises her wrists, which is the best of both worlds.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="194" > meet true love</h1>
Sunland and Huang Jian
In 2000, Sunland met her other half, Huang Jian, at a gathering of friends. A former fencer, Huang Jian retired in 1997 and later became a professional agent. In addition, Huang Jian is also a rich second generation, with the level of a courtyard in Beijing.
After knowing Sunland, Huang Jian was attracted by Sunland's strong quality of facing life. The two became very good friends, and at that time, Sunland's social attention was very large, and he was often invited to participate in some activities. In this way, she desperately needed an agent, and Huang Jian just filled all these vacancies. In the days that followed, Sunland had an additional military division behind him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="196" > host the show</h1>
In September 2002, Sunland joined Star TV to host the sports program "Sunland 2008". This perfect crossover also gave Sunland hope for rebirth. Because she gets paid for hosting shows, which is what she earns with her abilities.
Sunland hosts the show
Sunland, who was studying radio and television journalism at Peking University at the time, was not a layman. She has the ability to host the show. Since the launch of this show, the ratings have gone all the way up, allowing ordinary people to understand the growth experience of sports celebrities and the mental journey of winning the championship.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="198" > "aircraft door"</h1>
In January 2008, several people from Sunland arrived in Beijing on a flight. Before the plane took off, Sunland proposed to the crew that he should use his own wheelchair to get off the plane after landing. But after the plane landed, Sunland waited for the wheelchair provided by the airport.
Sunland took a plane
Dissatisfied with this, Sunland quarreled with the crew and insisted on waiting for his wheelchair to arrive before leaving, and many passengers were forced to wait together. After 40 minutes, Sunland waited for her wheelchair to leave her seat. Sunland's strong request also caused the plane to be delayed by two hours.
This made Sunland was attacked by netizens at that time, which was also about Sunland's famous aircraft gate incident.
In March 2008, Sunland participated in the torch relay as the torchbearer of the Beijing Olympic Games. For Sunland, passing the Olympic flame is the glory of her life. In fact, as early as 2004, Sunland had participated in the Olympic flame, and that time the flame almost burned her hair.
But she wanted to participate in an Olympic Games, but none of this was possible!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="200" > "nanny door"</h1>
In 2009, Sunland was again damaged by the reputation of the "Nanny Gate". At that time, Sunland's nanny had to resign due to his father's critical illness, and due to temporary haste, he was dissatisfied by Sunland. So Sunland took pictures of the dirty scene in the home and posted it online, criticizing the nanny and her housekeeping company.
Afterwards, she learned that she changed 3 nannies in 4 months, and the nanny Xiao Du said: "She stipulated that I, 'You and the dog are served with tap water.'"
If you want to boil it yourself, just burn it, and don't eat my bucket of water. 'Treat me like a dog, for the most part there is no dog treatment..."
All of this put her on the cusp of the storm, and many people questioned these scandals, and the declining sunland was attracting attention.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="202" > a sky-high lawsuit</h1>
Sunland and lawyer
In April 2011, Sunland hired a team of lawyers to formally sue Time Warner, the American Gymnastics Association, two insurance agencies under TIG, an insurance agency called RIVERSTONE, the founder of the Friendship Games, former Times Warner Vice Chairman Ted Turner, and Sunland's guardians in the United States after being injured, Liu Guosheng and Xie Xiaohong.
The total amount claimed in this complaint is US$1.8 billion, equivalent to RMB13 billion.
For 17 years, Sunland has accused the Romanian gymnastics coach Octa van Belu of removing the mat in the moments before she jumped, saying that was the main reason for her fall.
In addition, she claimed that her coach Liu Qunlin, the American Gymnastics Association, and the organizer of the Friendship Games also had some responsibilities.
But according to on-site surveillance and careful investigation, Bellu not only did not remove the mat, but was also the first person to come to sunland's side to help her after she fell.
In the end, the three insurance companies and the American Gymnastics Association held a three-hour closed-door meeting with Sunland before the press conference, and finally the two sides signed a settlement agreement to admit that Sunland's injury at the 1998 American Friendship Games was not a personal mistake.
According to the rules, Sunland received some compensation. How much this money is, it is still impossible to know, but it is certainly not less than ten million.
In the next step, Sunland's lawsuit against Liu Guosheng and Xie Xiaohong was left. We all know that this couple is Sunland's benefactor, why would Sunland bite back?
Sunlan and Liu Guosheng had sons
It turned out that Sunland accused Liu Guosheng and his son of raping her. Since Sunland lost consciousness in the lower part of his body, this accusation was only his own speculation and had no substantial evidence. In the end, the case also ended because there was insufficient evidence to file the case. And Sunland's behavior has also been exposed, in order to get the US green card to make this decision.
In any case, Sunland's various behaviors have disgusted the People of China, and the criticism is endless. But all this brought attention to Sunland and allowed her to live in the media spotlight again.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="204" > get married and have children</h1>
Sunland is licensed
In August 2013, Sunland and her agent Huang Jian got married. At the same time, Sunland's personal Weibo profile picture was also quietly replaced by a photo of her wearing a wedding dress!
At 00:19 a.m. on April 14, 2014, Sunland delivered a baby boy by caesarean section at Beijing Aviation General Hospital. Sunland wants her son to learn to be strong and grateful.
Sunland gives birth
On August 5, 2016, Sunland, through his lawyers, filed a motion with the court, willing to unconditionally withdraw the lawsuit and never to sue again. In this way, this transnational additional litigation case came to an end.
Although Sunland received some compensation, her personal reputation plummeted and she was left behind.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="206" > the status quo</h1>
Recent photo of Sunland
Sunland, 40, lives with her husband in Beijing. Under the continuous rehabilitation training, Sunland is now living younger and younger, and often appears in some inspirational live broadcasts, and she often shares her daily life through micro-headlines.
Son of Sunland
Her son, Huang Xiaobao, is 7 years old and dreams of becoming a football player.