勵志“籃球女孩”的奧運之路
A young Chinese girl's journey to create a future for herself, despite losing both legs in a tragic accident, has become the story that inspired thousands of disable people in China.
一個年輕的中國女孩，儘管在一場不幸的車禍中失去雙腿，仍奮力爲自己創造未來。她的故事激勵着全中國成千上萬的殘疾人。
Qian Hongyan, from Yunnan, south west China, made the headlines in 2005 when she was photographed 'walking' with the help of a y, that same young woman is a champion swimmer with Paralympic 2009, the determined girl became a National champion in the Chinese National Paralympics Swimming September, she won another gold medal in the 100m breaststroke final in the Yunnan Provincial Paralympic Games.
錢紅豔，來自中國西南部的雲南省，2005年因藉助籃球“行走”的照片曝光而登上各大媒體的頭版頭條。今天，同樣的主角，這個年輕的女孩懷揣着奧運會的夢想成爲了殘奧會游泳冠軍。2009年，這個意志堅定的女孩在全國殘奧會游泳比賽中獲得了冠軍。去年9月，她還在雲南省殘奧會100米蛙泳決賽中獲得了另一塊金牌。
A four-year-old Qian Hongyan had both of her legs amputated after getting into an accident in 2000 where she nearly lost her life. Her family were extremely impoverished. They farmed and produced silk for a meager living. According to People's Daily Online, with little resources available, her grandfather resorted to cutting up an old basketball to replace of her lower little girl learnt to 'walk' on her hands by supporting her entire upper body using wooden pads with basketball helped her to balance and provided a platform to rest on when she got tired.
2000年，四歲的錢紅豔發生了一場車禍，幾乎送命，經搶救後仍不得不將雙腿截肢。她的家庭非常貧困，以務農產絲勉強爲生。據人民網報道，由於沒有可用的資源，錢紅豔的祖父就決定將“改裝”後的舊籃球代替她的下肢。這個小女孩需要學習通過藉助帶把手的木板支撐自己整個上身用手“行走”。籃球的作用就是幫助她保持平衡，並在她走累的時候作爲一個休息的支撐物。
She spent many years of her childhood being dubbed the 'Basketball Girl' by locals as a 2005, Qian Hongyan's incredible hardship caught the widespread attention of Chinese, and later, international media. It also became a turning point in the then ten-year-old girl's life. With the help and support of donations, she was given the chance to travel more than 1,600 miles to Beijing and be fitted with her first pair of legs.
多年以來，當地人都叫她“籃球女孩”。2005年，錢紅豔勵志故事成爲了全中國的焦點，之後國際媒體還報道了此事。這也成爲了這個年僅十歲的女孩人生中的轉折點。在社會捐款的幫助和支持下，錢紅豔有機會穿越1600多千米的旅程到北京“佩戴”人生中第一雙腿。
Then another blow came in 2007. Through donations, Qian Hongyan was able to attend and finish primary ver, according to Xinhua news, she was faced with the reality that her family simply did not have enough money to allow her to continue her education beyond the age of 11.
2007年，錢紅豔另一個大事件發生了。在社會捐助的幫助下，錢紅豔能夠上學，並完成小學學業。然而，根據新華新聞的報道，錢紅豔當時的情況是家裏沒有足夠的錢讓自己在11歲之後繼續學業。
While most people would be disheartened by the dashed hope of a future, Qian Hongyan set out to create her own destiny.
當大部分人都在爲她未來破滅的希望而感到傷心難過的時候，錢紅豔決定要自己改變自己的命運。
She returned to Yunnan where she was encouraged to join South of the Cloud, a local swim team for people with disability and one of the first of its kind in China. Qian Hongyan's high amputation made swimming particularly revealed in an interview with China Daily: 'It seemed there was no way I could float in the water. I always choked.'But she really put her heart into the sport.
她回到雲南，在家人和朋友的鼓勵下參加了“雲之南”游泳隊——一箇中國首例爲身患殘疾人士創建的地方性游泳隊伍。錢紅豔因高度截肢使得游泳變得異常困難。她在《中國日報》的採訪中說道：“好像我根本不可能浮在水面上，經常被嗆水。”但是她真的很用心地投入到這項運動中。
Within a few years, she was winning gold medals at national competitions and had dreams of representing China in the Paralympics in London 2012. In 2009, Qian made headlines again by winning one gold medal and two silver medals in the Chinese National Paralympics Swimming Competition.
不到幾年的時間，她就在一些國家性的比賽中拿到了金牌，並夢想着能在2012年倫敦奧運會上代表中國參賽。2009年，錢紅豔在全國殘奧會游泳比賽中獲得一金兩銀的好成績再次登上各大媒體的頭條。
In September 2014, Qian won the 100m breaststroke final during the Yunnan Provincial Paralympic Games, which put her and her incredible life stories back in the sp seems that Qian has turned her eventful childhood into a life filled with inspiration and incredible strength. One that few in China could live to match. And one of determination.
2014年9月，錢紅豔在雲南省殘疾人奧運會比賽100米蛙泳總決賽中獲得金牌，她和自己的人生故事再次回到媒體的視線中。就好像錢紅豔把自己命運多舛的童年變成充滿希望和力量的人生，一段中國很少有人可以媲美的充滿意志力的人生。
