In a small village in Yunnan Province, a little girl named Qian Hongyan was born in 1996. No one could have predicted that this tiny baby's birth was like a grand drama arranged by the heavens, destined to make her life anything but ordinary. In 2000, a sudden car accident brutally altered the course of her life, completely overturning her destiny. That terrible accident cruelly tore away Qian Hongyan's legs, leaving her, at just four years old, a child who spent her days frolicking in the mountains. However, life is often unreasonable, and overnight, this little girl had to wrestle with fate. At this critical moment, her grandfather, usually quiet and unassuming, wearing his reading glasses, took a worn basketball from their home, gathered some wood and nails. In that dimly lit little house, he hammered away vigorously, somehow fashioning a makeshift wheelchair for her. This crude wheelchair, as rustic as it sounds, was no exaggeration, but Qian Hongyan relied on this makeshift contraption made from an old basketball to literally "stand up" and roll out of the house. The basketball, ingeniously hollowed out by her grandfather, allowed Qian Hongyan's thin body to fit inside. With two wooden handles in her small hands, she could sway back and forth, actually moving forward. The rubber of the basketball, durable and slightly elastic, allowed her to move despite the bumps, a stark contrast to lying in bed. She made trip after trip on the dirt roads of that small village, etching indelible marks of determination. When people spoke of her, they felt…

Basketball Girl Who Lost Legs at Age 4, Now 28 and Beautiful, Also Became a Civil Servant Introduction Wrapped in half of an old basketball and using two wooden handles to continue walking with determination, this is Qian Hongyan, known as the "Basketball Girl" over 20 years ago. A car accident took away her legs, but she still relied on this half basketball to live on tenaciously, going to school, coming home, laughing and playing like any other child. More than twenty years have passed, and some people worried that as she grew older, she might start to care about her own imperfection, or even lose her strength and give up. However, Qian Hongyan did not. She has not only become an Olympic athlete for the glory of the country but also passed the civil service examination to help those with disabilities like herself. Helping Others Now In 2017, at the front desk of the Luliang County Disabled Persons' Federation's government service center, Qian Hongyan, sitting in a wheelchair, handled various affairs for the people coming and going. "I have gained a job, a guarantee, and warmth," she said. Although she now handles various businesses skillfully, she still vividly remembers her first day at work: "Working is completely different from my previous swimming training. It was inevitable for me to feel uneasy without any work experience." The first challenge she faced was the "hardware facilities". When she first started working, there were no barrier-free facilities in the government hall, and she had to rely on her father to pick her…

In October 2000, four-year-old Qian Hongyan lost her legs in a tragic car accident, after which she began to use half a basketball to "walk." Despite everyone believing that her life would be spent in a wheelchair, Qian Hongyan showed remarkable resilience, eating and attending school like other healthy children. Even more astonishingly, this girl who once relied on a basketball for mobility transformed into an Olympic athlete, winning four gold medals for her country. So, what kind of legend did her life experience? And how is she doing now? The Unexpected Accident The year of the accident, Qian Hongyan had not yet started school; like many rural children, she was raised in a free-range manner. At the time, her parents were working away from home, leaving only her grandparents to look after her. In a moment of inattention, little Qian Hongyan ran under a truck. By the time people around her realized what had happened, Qian Hongyan had already lost consciousness. Her grandfather rushed her to the hospital upon hearing the news. However, due to the severity of her injuries, Qian Hongyan's legs could not be saved. Her grandfather had to sign the amputation notice with great pain. The doctor suggested that since the child was still young, they could install prosthetic limbs for her to live with. But the cost of installing a pair of prosthetics could easily reach over ten thousand yuan, which Qian Hongyan's family could not afford. They even had to gather funds from various sources just to buy her a wheelchair. From that day…

The "Basketball Girl" Who Lost Her Legs at 4 Is Now 28, Beautiful as a Flower, and Works as a Civil Servant She lost her legs at the age of four due to an accident, and since then, she has relied on an old basketball for mobility - using her hands to walk, the basketball provides cushioning so that her body does not have to directly contact the ground. She is known as the "Basketball Girl." For people with disabilities, disabilities caused by later events are often more painful than congenital disabilities because they have experienced the feeling of once having it and must accept the reality of physical defects. Facing this pain, the "Basketball Girl" did not give up on herself. She still faces life with strength and lives with a positive and optimistic attitude. What kind of life does the now 28-year-old her live? In October 2023, Hangzhou hosted the 4th Asian Para Games. During the preliminary stage of the women's 100m breaststroke SB6 event, a girl without legs arrived at the venue in a wheelchair. Without legs, her 100m breaststroke time was 2 minutes and 01.05 seconds, which was already a good result, but she still failed to advance to the finals and was eliminated in the preliminaries. Although she did not make it to the finals, many spectators at the scene were enthusiastically shouting "Zheng Hongyan," her name, and the audience was supporting her in this way. This swimming athlete with a disability named Zheng Hongyan is the "Basketball Girl" reported by the media back then.…