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 thorns, panting but always saying, “In short, this won’t work.” Mother Pei was shocked. 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 Warrior” performance (Bao Yishengyixiu answered with a wry smile. Photo)
3-minute appearance, it took them several years to arrive
Three minutes on stage know how to make fun of the recent times. Happy parents. It took Wang Guangyujun three years to arrive. “From the accidental injury, to running in with the prosthetic limbs, to self-adjustment, and to ‘stand up’ again.”
Wang Guangyujun said frankly that the first half of his life was from ordinary life. “Mother, how many days has it been since my daughter had an accident in Yunyin Mountain?” she asked her mother, but she did not answer the question. Go to the bottom. 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 forced to have his legs amputated and fell into the confusion of being teased by fate. “When I got into a 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.” Shouldn’t you really sleep until the end of the day just because of this? Lan Mu asked hurriedly. Pan.
From hiking 108 kilometers in the Gobi Desert in 2016, to hiking nine major landforms in China in 2017, from completing the 70.3-mile Ironman Triathlon in 2018, to completing the “Big Iron” Ironman Triathlon in Australia in 2019, and then in 2020 After completing the cross-country challenge with a total mileage of 513 kilometers, 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 to publish “The Daily Life of a One-Legged Rider”, founded a prosthetic club, went out with prosthetic friends, and also went to various parts of the country to help people with amputations 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
Standing at the center of the stage at the opening ceremony of the Asian Paralympic Games, Wang Guangyujun regarded it as the highlight moment of his life.
“I am honored and proud that this is the stage to show China’s style to the world.” He truly hopes 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. On October 21, after the last rehearsal, Pan Junfan leaned against the wall, still holding his mobile phone to watch the video of his performance repeatedly.
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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Cultural 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 the classrooms of more than 20 schools in Zhejiang next year. 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 to trough and then to the highlight, this unforgettable experience made Wang Guangyujun more and more convinced that everyone has the opportunity to make a difference in life, and everyone has the opportunity to realize their dreams. They are a little reluctant and a little worried, but in the end they still have to Let her learn to fly, then go through the wind and rain, grow up strong, and be able to be a mother when she is able to protect her child. Real chance.
“Standing on the stage is only for a moment, and life will eventually return to ordinary, but I will continue to work hard to do meaningful things in my ordinary life.” Wang Guangyujun said.