After a terrible accident, the girl woke up without legs.
When Qian was 4 years old, she was in a car accident. The girl woke up with no legs.
Qian’s parents were low-income and therefore could not afford to buy artificial limbs for the child, not to mention the expensive rehabilitation.
Not knowing what else to do, Qian’s grandfather cut the basketball so that the girl’s lower body could fit inside the ball. And with the help of ordinary old doorknobs, Qian was able to move around the floor.
Donations were made in the name of the girl. Yi Qian was able to go to Beijing to try on her first prostheses.
Thanks to donations, Qian was also able to complete her primary education.
New funds were needed for further education. But the Qian family did not have them – her parents worked as ordinary farmers and lived very modestly.
So Qian returned home, but instead of despairing, she decided to use every chance that life gives her.
In her province, the girl found a recently organized group where people with disabilities were taught to swim.
The girl does not intend to be a burden to her parents or complain about fate. After all, despite how much fate has deprived her, life itself and so much.
In 2014, Qian won the 100m swim at the local Yunnan Paralympics.
