Wearing A Prosthetic Leg Is Not Enough For A "Fitting Shoe".

Zhang Haiyuan is the champion of the last Paralympic Games, and will play the Paralympic Games in 2008 this year.

Zhang Hai Yuan

From Ganjingzi Lingshui Street

At least 10 people are preparing for the 2008 Paralympic Games in Dalian, including the last Paralympic champion long jump champion Zhang Haiyuan.

As the first athlete to install thigh prosthetic limbs in China, Zhang Haiyuan also shoulders the heavy responsibility of running the first leg of our thigh amputation.

Recently, the reporter contacted Zhang Haiyuan, who was preparing for the Paralympics in Beijing, and talked about her recent situation and her pursuit.

Change hopping

"Single leg jump" changed to "double leg jump".

At the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, Zhang Haiyuan, a disabled woman from Dalian, won the long jump champion and kept the world record.

Zhang Haiyuan, who was amputated at the more than 10 centimeter above the left thigh knee, got the honor of Dalian's self strengthening model, the 20 thousand and 40 Dalian people and the National Labor Medal of May 1.

Zhang Haiyuan has not only won a series of honors, but also lived a wonderful life.

As a child, Zhang Haiyuan had 4 years of acrobatic life experience.

"When I was 13 years old, I joined the handicapped Acrobatic Troupe in Shenyang, worked as an actor for 4 years, and performed with Zhao Benshan at the same time."

In 2007, Zhang Haiyuan was a wheelchair model in Dalian. Zhang Haiyuan, who had a good figure and good looks, bloomed his beauty on the T stage.

Now, Zhang Haiyuan is preparing for battle in Beijing and hopes to win glory for Dalian in a few months.

In order to maintain the world's first honor, Zhang Haiyuan has been trying to change in the past 4 years, and the biggest change is to change his legs into his legs.

"With the development of sports for the disabled, the level of athletes has improved, so now my" Zhang "(single leg) jump method has no advantage. The biggest challenge this time is to familiarize ourselves with the prosthesis and apply it to the competition. This is indeed a challenge for me who has not run with two legs for more than 20 years.

"To ensure that I can always maintain a high level of Athletics in the international arena, I am the first athlete to install thigh sports prostheses in China, and also shoulder the glorious duty of the first person in our thigh amputation."

In the past month, Zhang Haiyuan has been running between Beijing and Shanghai in order to find a pair of "fitting shoes" for his prosthetic limbs.

Keep trying to find the right shoes.

The installation of artificial limbs on high amputations requires special silicone sleeves. Zhang Haiyuan, who has been wearing artificial limbs for a long time, has passed through the receptive cavity without silicone sleeve. But when walking for a long time or sweating, the stump will move in the receptive cavity, resulting in dislocation of the stump and the socket, resulting in friction damage and pain.

In recent years, Zhang Haiyuan has been trying to find suitable receptive chamber, and Chinese foreign countries have tried it.

In this regard, Zhang Haiyuan explained: "a suitable receptive cavity is just like a good shoe, even more demanding than shoes.

We all know that if the shoe is big, it will not follow the feet, it will wear its feet and even wear and even pain. In short, it is inconvenient and uncomfortable to be big, and the receptive cavity in the prosthesis is even more so.

The skin is more delicate than the leg skin, which means that it is more difficult to accept the pain caused by the injury.

The constant pursuit of films for the disabled

"I really want to play the leading role in a movie about people with disabilities."

Besides winning the Paralympic Games, this is Zhang Haiyuan's biggest dream.

"It's very simple to start with this idea. First, it comes from my own life experience, especially a movie about the material of the disabled, most of which are performed by professional actors. I think it may be more close to the real life if it is performed by the disabled."

Zhang Haiyuan has been insisting on her dream. Now she also wants to share her feelings with the disabled.

"When I was in a car accident, I was too young to realize what the handicap meant to me. But as the age increased and entered the society very early, it would be inexplicable inferiority to some extent.

After dealing with books, acrobatics and sports and enjoying sports, I found that I really found my own place. This experience has taught me that life is in its own hands if you are willing to work hard.