Li Duan was born in Changchun City, a sports family, his mother was the main force of the Jilin women's basketball team, his father won the Changchun Amateur Athletics Decathlon Championship many times, influenced by his parents, he was once an athlete of the Bayi men's basketball team, and Wang Zhizhi was a teammate! Why he became a Paralympic triple jump champion, starting from an accident
On September 11, 1996, the explosion of an old fire extinguisher left him without light forever. After 15 days in a coma in Li Duan, he finally woke up, but his first reaction was to jump from the upper floor, he could not accept the fact that he was blind, he thought of his family, but he finally chose to survive, he later recalled, between life and death, there is a layer of window paper, "poke and figure it out." ”
The following year, Li Duan's father died of cancer, and the family suddenly lost its pillar. There is a lost brother below, and there is a painful mother on the top, and Li Duan said that he wants to live stronger for his mother and brother.
In 1998, the Liaoning Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation went to the blind school to select team members, and Li Duan was selected. He has excellent explosiveness and bouncing ability, the most suitable for long jump, although he can not continue to play basketball, but he can also engage in his favorite sports, continue his dreams, win glory for the motherland, realize his own value, Li Duan is still extremely excited! Since then, we have embarked on another path and embarked on a Paralympic journey!
Finally, Li Duan's efforts paid off. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, Li Duan won the silver medal and long jump bronze medal in the blind class triple jump; in the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, he won the championship of long jump and triple jump, and the Beijing Olympics won the championship again. This year, we will also represent the Chinese team in the Tokyo Olympic Games and cheer for him together!
Li Duan famously said: "Without the light, the soul cannot fall into the darkness; the road cannot be seen, and the footsteps cannot be stopped; the warrior can be wounded, but the wounded soldier is still a warrior; the soldier can fall, but the will of the soldier cannot be broken!" "Li Duan is always engaged in his own sports cause for the disabled from the standpoint of a warrior, tenaciously moving forward, defending the dignity of the warrior for the motherland and the disabled."
After going blind, Li Duan quickly perked up, and he always regarded himself as an eternal warrior, never giving up on anything.
An accomplished athlete in both the fields of able-bodied sports and sports for the disabled, he interpreted the profound connotation of the sacred term "warrior" with his indomitable character and perseverance. I believe that Li Duan's future will be better!
In the Paralympic Games, everyone has looked down on the results, and in the midst of moving, it is more of a hope that every athlete will live out their own value, and tomorrow will be better!