According to Wu Fan, one of the participants, the competition is all about participation and enjoying the fun brought by the marathon. Marathons across the country will sign up to participate.

On November 15, four people with spinal cord injuries, Wu Fan, Sheng Wending, Peng Lin, and Liu Han, formed a running group in Changsha, Hunan, and completed the 8.5-kilometer marathon using their hands in wheelchairs. schedule.

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Similar events—five people with spinal cord injuries in Kunshan "ran" the marathon in wheelchairs

In late December 2017, Yan Peilong and 30,000 people from various countries The runner participated in the 2017 Suzhou Taihu International Marathon and reached the finish line half an hour earlier than his first marathon last year. Immediately afterwards, four other people with spinal cord injuries in Kunshan also finished the "run", and the spectators gave them long-lasting and warm applause.

"I really didn't have much experience at the beginning. I ran on the track with my hands empty, and my palms were bruised and bruised." Yan Peilong said, but later he consciously concluded that he not only strengthened protective measures, but also mastered a certain amount of rocking wheelchairs. Skill. More than a month before the start of the competition, Kunshan's "Hope Home" for people with spinal cord injuries also organized everyone to go to Dianshan Lake to practice and accumulate competition experience.

My family was once worried that Yan Peilong would have an accident on the field, and strongly opposed his registration for the marathon. "Later, my family found out that I was indeed enjoying this sport, and they gradually felt relieved." Yan Peilong said that although he is physically disabled, he is mentally healthy. He hopes to strengthen his physique, hone his will, and inspire more people in this way. Disabled people get out of their homes and regain confidence in life. At the same time, he hopes to draw society's attention to disabled people, further improve their travel, education and working conditions, so that they can live with more dignity.

“Compared with physical disabilities, many disabled people suffer from inner depression and loneliness. Especially for those who are disabled due to sudden accidents, the blow may be fatal. "Han Helin, vice chairman of the Kunshan Physically Disabled Association and founder of the "Hope Home" for people with spinal cord injuries in Kunshan, said that disabled people understand the disabled better and can better help the disabled through participation in activities, personal experiences, exchanges and sharing, etc. People open the skylight of their souls.