26 years ago, a female gymnast who was as dazzling as the sun was "robbed of her body" at the International Games!
Those who experienced that sports meeting have not forgotten the events of that day.
At that time, the game had not yet started, and there was some commotion in the venue.
Coaches around the world are telling their responsible athletes a thousand times.
The athletes are doing their best to do their warm-up training, nervous and looking forward to the next competition.
The accident happened in an instant, during the warm-up training, running, jumping, one soaring, falling, and hitting the ground first.
A female gymnast known as China's "Queen of Vaults" has since said goodbye to her beloved gymnastics.
At the age of 17, she is a paraplegic from the chest down, and she will not be able to separate from a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
It happened too suddenly, and the consequences were too tragic.
Unable to accept this result, the athlete cried and took the person in charge of the sports meeting and the foreign coach who was standing next to her during training to court.
"He wants to remove the mat, his movements interfere with me, how can he interfere with me when I take off......"
Crying and saying such words, the athlete has won the sympathy of countless Chinese people, and also aroused the indignation of countless Chinese people.
The claim was $1.8 billion, and in the end only $10 million was paid.
Gymnastics champion Sang Lan, an athlete who once won glory for the country, what kind of life does he have 26 years later?
01
Accidents and tragedies come in the blink of an eye
On July 22, 1998, 17-year-old Sang Lan was full of spirit and confidence.
She will be competing at the 4th Friendship Games in New York, and she is ready to win another gold medal for her country.
Embraced by the coach into the arena, the two talked about the next competitors.
Sang Lan was not afraid at all, she said that "Chinese athletes have always been strong when they are strong", which caused the coach to laugh.
When she arrived at the training point, Sang Lan took off her clothes and prepared for a warm-up exercise.
After stretching, facing the saddle jump, I only thought about the movements that I had repeated tens of thousands of times.
Take a deep breath, concentrate your mind, and take a step to accelerate.
Run-up, take-off, followed by a 180-degree front flip with a straight front flip.
It was done as naturally as breathing, but in the milliseconds when the whole person fell from the sky after the action was completed, an accident happened-
The head hit the ground first, the neck hit the mat, and the tragedy formed in an instant.
This girl who is as young as a flower, this athlete with the title of "Queen of Vaulting", her pupils dilated on the spot.
A group of doctors rushed down from the roaring ambulance, and their movements were as skillful as if they had been rehearsed a thousand times.
For doctors, they have lifted too many patients, and it is not surprising that Sang Lan is just one of the people who has been annihilated in the sea of smoke.
But the ambulances that came and went like the wind sounded sharp sirens, taking away Sang Lan's playing field, Sang Lan's sports dreams, and Sang Lan's future that could have shone brightly......
I passed out in the car and woke up in the hospital.
When consciousness slowly returned, when the blankness of opening his eyes was replaced by wakefulness, Sang Lan panicked instantly.
Because she found that she had lost all sensation in her body from the chest down.
I couldn't hear the surprise shouts of the people around me, "Wake up, wake up".
Her eyes were filled with fear, and her voice was panicked: "What's wrong with me? What's wrong with my waist, my legs?"
No one can bear to tell an athlete who has just woken up that you will never be able to continue your athletic career and that you will never be able to stand up again.
Sang Lan, the sixth vertebra was crushed, the fifth and seventh vertebrae were injured and misaligned, the spinal cord nerve function was impaired, and the high paraplegia below the chest was performed.
For a long time after the age of 17, Sang Lan will be accompanied by a wheelchair until death!
The "vaulting queen" of the previous moment fell into the clouds in a blink of an eye.
After July 22, 1998, Sang Lan was cut off from his liver and intestines.
She didn't know how she could live when she was disabled for life and couldn't take care of herself.
But the strength of the athletes also showed itself at this time.
Even though her heart hurt so much that she couldn't breathe, Sang Lan still tried to adjust her emotions.
She asked the coach who would replace her, and she also asked about everyone's performance at the sports day.
Talk as peacefully as possible with the people who come to see her, and express gratitude to those who care about her.
Wait for the day to pass, wait for the night to come, wait for the coach to sigh and walk outside the room.
With some alone time, Sang Lan really released her emotions.
Pulling the quilt over her head and crying desperately and depressed, Sang Lan couldn't help but think of her former self......
02
少年成名摔倒,官司缠身
Born in Ningbo in 1981, Sang Lan still remembers that she showed a sports talent that surpassed ordinary people very early.
The flexibility is excellent, the control of the body is high, and the bounce is good.
It was her mother who first discovered these advantages and took her to gymnastics.
At the age of 8, he entered the Municipal Youth Sports School to receive more vocational training.
At the age of 9, he participated in the selection and entered the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Team, and at the age of 10, he entered the competition field of the Zhejiang Provincial Games.
With a bright smile on her face, she won five championships in gymnastics, and at the age of 12, she was selected for the Chinese national gymnastics team.
Immediately afterwards, he went overseas with the team and bloomed the style of Chinese athletes.
In the Chinese gymnastics team at that time, Sang Lan dared to say that she was an athlete who was bet on her by the coach.
Because everyone thinks that she is a talented player, as long as she has a good attitude, loves gymnastics, and trains properly, she can achieve something.
In fact, with the effect of talent and hard work, Sang Lan will send herself to the championship stage of the women's vault event at the National Games.
He also represented the Chinese team at the age of 14 and showed his style in the "China, the United States and Russia" team competition.
At a time when other children are still spoiled in their parents' arms, Sang Lan said: "I have already stood on the international stage and taken charge of myself. ”
From 1995 to July 1998, she won many gold medals in vaulting events at home and abroad.
Known as the "Queen of Vaulting Horses" by the Chinese, Sang Lan still remembers that she was full of spirit at that time, like a butterfly flapping her wings.
Her vision for the future is to be on the Olympic Games, to stand on the podium, to win glory for the country, and to shine brightly.
It's just that on July 22, these were destroyed by a jump......
Lying on the hospital bed, the pain tugging back and forth in the surging thoughts, Sang Lan thought that this was the darkest moment of her life.
But soon, she ushered in another despair......
Who would have thought that the United States Athletic Association, as the organizer of the event, would not buy accident insurance for participating athletes?
Generally speaking, wherever an event is held, it is responsible for the safety of the participants.
Medical insurance and accident insurance are the life guarantees of athletes when they participate in competitions.
But at that Friendship Games, the organizers only bought medical insurance for Sang Lan, not accident insurance.
In other words, there is no large compensation for accident insurance.
The 17-year-old paraplegic, how will her life continue in the future?
Do you want her ordinary working parents and her ordinary family to bear her high cost of recuperation and long-term maintenance after surgery?
Unwilling to accept this result, Sang Lan filed a lawsuit against the organizing committee of the Friendship Games, demanding a total of 1.8 billion US dollars in compensation.
At the same time, Sanglan also sued the Romanian coach Beru who stood next to the mat during her warm-up training.
The reason was that "I was so fast that I couldn't brake at all, and suddenly he was going to remove the mat, and I was injured by his interference......"
As soon as these words came out, domestic sports fans were furious.
They have spoken out to help the crusade, and asked the relevant departments to issue a video to give an explanation.
But Coach Carter, who had the most direct physical evidence in his hand - the video of the scene, refused to give it on the grounds that "the video is too bloody to be released to hurt the athletes".
In the end, the U.S. Gymnastics Association and the insurance company offered to sign a "settlement agreement".
Offered to pay $10 million in compensation for treatment costs.
But there is one point, that is, Sang Lan wants to admit that this money is "accident compensation", not compensation caused by human factors.
Although I am unwilling, my life is unsustainable, and the amount of money required for subsequent lifelong recuperation is huge.
Sunlan can only accept this "additional condition".
I thought this was the end of the matter, but I didn't expect there to be a reversal in 2015.
04
The official media ended up qualitatively, is it a "liar"?
In 2015, an official media came down and published an article titled "The Accusation of "Removing the Mat" Is Unfounded, and the Truth Investigation of Sang Lan's Fall Injury".
The article says that Sunlan has been accusing the coach of the Ronania gymnastics team 17 years ago that Belu is baseless.
She's lying, she's deceived public opinion for 17 years.
Because the new evidence shows that Belu did not remove the mat, and even that Belu was the first person to help Sanglan after her fall.
At the same time, the article also cites the conclusions of an American sports scientist.
It is said that the real reason for Sang Lan's fall is that when Sang Lan jumped, his feet stepped on the front of the pedal.
The wrong starting position led to a problem with the starting position, which caused Sunlan to become disabled.
As soon as the article came out, it was simply "hammered" Sang Lan, who accused others many years ago, in the position of "liar".
Countless people were shocked and expressed extreme disappointment with Sang Lan, but others expressed doubts about the findings.
Because the so-called "evidence" in the article is just a few screenshots of the sports meeting that year.
And the screenshot is not a coherent video, and it is not very convincing.
While netizens were discussing, Sang Lan, the party, also made some responses one after another.
She first posted a long post to question:
After that, he also responded to some netizens' questions online.
may feel that it has been going on for many years, and no matter how much entanglement there was back then, it was meaningless.
Later, after responding to netizens once, Sang Lan said that she would not discuss this matter again.
Because at this time, she gave birth to a child, and there were things to do that deserved her attention and made her happy.
Some netizens may be curious, Sang Lan has a child? when? Who did she have a child with?
This is going to talk about a man who met Sang Lan when she was injured and never left her.
04
13 years of inseparable, true love is undoubted
Huang Jian, a former Chinese fencer.
Wen Guogang, the first generation of Chinese swordsman, is his teacher, and Ye Chong, a famous Chinese fencing player, is his senior brother.
In 1999, the year after Sunlan's accident.
The young Huang Jian was very sympathetic after learning about Sang Lan's experience from his teammate Mo Huilan, and he wanted to go and see Sang Lan.
Sometimes fate is just so wonderful.
Sang Lan later said that her first impression of Huang Jian was that this person was really arrogant.
But he is such an arrogant person, after seeing with his own eyes the strength of Sang Lan's rehabilitation process.
decided to become Sang Lan's agent, took over Sang Lan's external work and affairs, and began to cheer for Sang Lan day after day.
It was precisely because of Huang Jian's encouragement that Sang Lan's spirit improved greatly in 2000.
It is precisely because of Huang Jian's suggestion that Sang Lan entered Peking University in 2002 to study radio and television through the special recruitment of athletes.
"He told me that when I can't change my physical disability, I need to open my heart and increase my thinking. He said I should go to school. ”
The 4 years of college life really broadened Sang Lan's eyes and heart, and she was no longer so self-pitying.
In the past 4 years, Sang Lan was in Beijing, and Huang Jian went to Shenzhen to continue to work as a football agent.
The two are thousands of miles apart and are known as friends, but every time they talk, they have endless topics to talk about.
In 2006, Sang Lan walked out of school.
called Huang Jian and said that he wanted the company.
Without saying a word, Huang Jian quit his job in Shenzhen and returned to Beijing to work hard.
Until this time, the two were still commensurate with each other, but the friendship between them had long been above friends.
In 2007, Sang Lan will participate in the one-year countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games.
In order to facilitate Sang Lan's daily travel and work, Huang Jian suspended his work and circled around Sang Lan like a small worker.
The relationship deepens as they get along day by day, and the eyes they look at each other slowly bring out their love.
At that time, Sang Lan was quite inferior, she felt that her body was crippled, because she had been in a wheelchair for a long time, and her temper was also bad.
But she couldn't help but get close to Huang Jian, and she couldn't control her heart.
has never pierced the window paper of love, Sang Lan and Huang Jian became friends until 2013.
This year, Sang Lan and Huang Jian were both 32 years old, and this year Huang Jian's family began to worry about their children's marriage.
Seeing that his family was in a hurry, Huang Jian didn't want to wait too long.
Something extraordinary happened on an ordinary day, and he said to Sang Lan, "How about our engagement".
Surprised and filled with joy, Sang Lan burst into tears and nodded in agreement.
05
Holding hands to nurture a new life, Sang Lan doesn't need sympathy
In August 2013, the engagement certificate was obtained, and the wedding was held at the end of 2013.
Huang Jian's family was very opposed to his decision, because of Sang Lan's body, because Sang Lan might not even be able to conceive a child.
Huang Jian didn't care about this, he just wanted to be with Sang Lan all the time in the name of husband and wife.
It's just that Huang Jian doesn't care, Sang Lan cares a lot.
She wants to conceive children for her husband and also wants to be a mother.
Ask the doctor and the doctor says it's going to be very hard.
But what's so terrible about hard work, can having a child endure that traumatic experience?
Sang Lan made a decision, and Huang Jian followed.
In 2014, despite the danger and the pain, Sang Lan gave birth to the next baby boy by caesarean section.
As soon as the news came out, netizens were frightened, and they couldn't admire Sang Lan very much.
The arrival of the newborn eliminated the conflict between Sang Lan and her in-laws, and also enhanced her relationship with her husband.
Focusing more on the family, Sang Lan enjoys the process of growing up with her son.
There is more smile on her face, her former bad temper has become better, and she is no longer attached to the suffering of the past.
This is also the reason why she didn't want to respond too much when the smoke of the "mat removal incident" resurfaced in 2015.
Once when Sang Lan announced her marriage, netizens who cared about her intimately reminded Sang Lan to take a good look at whether Huang Jian loved her money or the person who loved her.
To this, Sang Lan replied: "I know his heart!"
A man can accompany her through thick and thin for 13 years, take care of her for a long time, love her, tolerate her bad temper, and be able to be at the same frequency with her and understand her heart.
Sang Lan knew that if she missed Huang Jian, she would not have the next good luck.
Moreover, compared with Huang Jian, Sang Lan's money may not be very attractive.
Huang Jian's own conditions are quite good, and Huang Jian himself is also very capable.
He bought a house of more than 300 square meters in Shenzhen.
He also has a house near the Summer Palace in Beijing.
In addition, Huang Jian's family also left him a large courtyard house in Beijing.
Just counting these, Huang Jian's net worth is not low at all.
Not for money, but for love, 32-year-old Sang Lan marrying Huang Jian is the most beautiful thing in her life.
Although God was too ruthless to her, she experienced glory and fell to the bottom.
Although she herself once felt sorry for herself and thought about giving up her life. But if people live, their lives will turn around.
Sang Lan, who was disabled and strong, collapsed in his body, but his spirit remained standing.
She has a loving husband and is now 10 years old, and they form a happy family together.
Lost the arena and sound body, won fate and the former self.
Today's Sang Lan no longer needs the sympathy of others!