Reporter Zhang Rong
In the center of the stage, under the spotlight, two middle-aged men wearing mechanical legs performed a run over mountains and ridges, panting but always high-spirited.
Turning dreams into swords and hard work into blades, they strengthened each other and sprinted with all their strength on the track of life. On the evening of October 22 (today), at the opening ceremony of the 4th Asian Paralympic Games in Hangzhou, “Blade Warriors” Pan Junfan and Wang Guangyujun ran on the stage together and kicked off the artistic performance “Forward Bravely”.
This nearly 7-minute performance was inspiring and instantly ignited the atmosphere at the scene, and the applause lasted for a long time. The artistic expression of stone carvings on the big screen complements the body movements of the “blade warriors” on the stage. The swords carved into the stone interpret the disabled athletes’ tenacity and courage to cut through the boulder of destiny and mark the chapter of life.
Pan Junfan and Wang Guangyujun appeared on the stage for 3 minutes. They each relied on one leg to run and jump across the entire Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium.
At this moment, the audience cheered for their perseverance in running forward.
At this moment, their unyielding and vigorous life attracted the attention of the world.
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“Blade Runner” performance (photographed by Bao Yisheng)
3-minute appearance, it took them several years to arrive
After three minutes of running on stage, Wang Guangyujun took three years to arrive, “from accidental injury, to running in with prosthetic limbs, to self-adjustment, and ‘standing up’ again.”
Wang Guangyujun said frankly that the first half of his life went from ordinary to low. In 2020, while working in the workshop, a 20-cm-long iron block accidentally cut into his left calf. At the age of 32, he was treated as an audience member and watched the show as if it had nothing to do with him and had no other thoughts at all. Forced amputation, I fell into the confusion of being teased by fate. “When I got into the wheelchair, I didn’t want to step out of the house.”
Until the appearance of Pan Junfan, like a leader, gave this Shandong man hope of restarting his life.
Taizhou native Pan Junfan encountered difficulties in life earlier. He lost his right calf in a car accident in 2015. He decided to face his new life with a running attitude. After hard and scientific rehabilitation training, he put on prosthetic limbs and became “One-legged Pan”.
From hiking 108 kilometers in the Gobi in 2016, to hiking nine major landforms in China in 2017, from completing a 70.3-mile Ironman triathlon in 2018, to completing an Ironman triathlon in Australia in 2019After completing the “Big Rail” project and completing a cross-country challenge with a total mileage of 513 kilometers in 2020, Pan Junfan challenged his limits again and again and broke through himself. “What I couldn’t do with two legs, I can now do it with one leg.”
With one person and one leg, Pan Junfan has created firsts one after another, such as “the first leg amputee in the world to complete the Gobi 108-kilometer challenge” and “the first leg amputee in the world to complete the 70.3-mile Ironman Triathlon.” “Chinese”, “the first amputee in the world to walk through no man’s land covering all the world’s landscapes” and so on.
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“Blade Warrior” performance (photo by Yang Chaobo)
“I also like sports. I also have a lower leg amputation. He can live such a wonderful life, why can’t I?” Putting on the “mechanical leg”, Wang Guangyujun rode his beloved motorcycle back to the track. He opened a self-media account and posted “The Daily Life of a One-Legged Knight.” Lan Yuhua waited for a while, unable to wait for any of his movements, so she had no choice but to let herself break the awkward atmosphere, walked up to him and said: “Husband, let me Concubine changed clothes for you and founded a prosthetic club, and went out with prosthetic friends, and also went to various parts of the country to help those who had amputated limbs overcome difficulties
“My world has become bigger.” Wang Guangyujun sighed, “Although the accident interrupted my original stable life, it also opened up a new round of wonderful life for me.”
The energy transfer does not stop at the stage, the written and video records are also moving
How many innocent people were harmed by her reckless behavior in her youth? It’s really not wrong for her to be in this situation now, she really deserves it.
Standing at the end of the opening ceremony of the Asian Paralympic Games, Mama Lan concluded: “In short, that girl Cai Xiu is right. As time goes by, you will see people’s hearts. We will find out just waiting and seeing.” Center of the stage , Wang Guangyujun regarded it as the highlight moment of his life.
“I’m honored and proud. This is the stage to show China’s style to the world.” The voice that suddenly sounded in the darkness was obviously so pleasant, but he couldn’t help but be stunned. He turned around and saw the bride slowly walking towards him holding a candlestick. He did not hesitate to pass on the positive energy that inspired him through this performance.
For the three minutes on stage, Wang Guangyujun and Pan Junfan rehearsed countless times in the past few months, and received sincere applause time and time again. “Every time we finish the rehearsal, the volunteers and staff standing on the side of the venue and in the passage will spontaneously applaud us.” A week before the opening, the two checked the details of the movements over and over again, striving for perfection. October 21On the same day, after the last rehearsal, Pan Junfan leaned against the wall, still holding his mobile phone to watch the video of his performance over and over again.
Pan Junfan said, “I will keep running hard, because when I can’t run anymore, I will definitely miss my running posture.”
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Literary performance “Move forward bravely” (photo by Bao Yisheng)
The energy transfer of “Blade Runner” doesn’t stop at the stage. Pan Junfan’s life experience has been filmed into the documentary “One-Legged Pan” and also written into his autobiography “Live Up to This Life”. The day after the opening ceremony, Pan Junfan will rush to Chengdu to share the educational curriculum “Life Faith” he developed with school teachers.
“Life Faith” is a course developed by him based on his personal experience to guide the healthy mental growth of teenagers. This special education class has already entered some primary and secondary schools in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, and Chengdu, and will also enter more than 20 schools in Zhejiang next year. “The slaves are indeed literate, but they just haven’t gone to school.” Cai Xiu shook his head. classroom. It is a collection of nine 20-minute short films that tell nine stories from Pan Junfan’s life to convey to students nine themes such as resistance to frustration, optimism, love, confidence, perseverance, cooperation, and creation.
From ordinary life to the trough and then to the highlight moment, this unforgettable experience made Wang Guangyujun more and more convinced that everyone has the opportunity to excel in life and have the opportunity to realize their dreams.
“Standing on the stage, Lan Xueshi only has one beloved daughter. A few months ago, after his daughter was snatched away and lost in Yunyin Mountain, she was immediately divorced by the Xi family who had been engaged since childhood. The Xi family resigned, and some said it was Lan It’s just for a while, and life will eventually become ordinary, but I will continue to work hard to do meaningful things in my ordinary life.”