China News Service, Beijing, September 8th. On the evening of the 5th Beijing time, the Tokyo Paralympic Games came to an end. This time the Chinese sports delegation won 96 gold, 60 silver and 51 bronze, with a total of 207 medals.

　　Many people were shocked by the number of medals.

But behind the medals, there is too much unknown history of bitter struggle.

The first Paralympic documentary "A New Life", which was recently launched on Watermelon Video, shows all this.

"A New Life" poster

　　"A New Life" through the stories of nine Paralympic athletes around the world, presents the wonderful process of the Paralympic Games from barren to the third largest sporting event in the world.

The film shows the spirit of human beings against adversity and has won the strong support of the International Paralympic Committee.

　　Cui Zhe, a Chinese athlete who just won the silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, is one of the protagonists of the film.

There are two cute dimples in black-framed glasses, which many people can't imagine. Such a quiet girl is a disabled weightlifter. As early as 2011, she broke the women's 40 kg disability with a score of 106.5 kg. The world record for human weightlifting.

Cui Zhe image source: video screenshot

　　Although Cui Zhe is called the "smiling angel", a lot of sweat and tears are hidden behind his smile.

At the age of two, Cui Zhe suffered from a disability in his legs due to polio, and he developed hyperthyroidism in the third year of weightlifting.

When encountering difficulties, some people may complain about the injustice of fate, but Cui Zhe did not. She is still optimistic and positive, and through hard work in the Olympics, she changed her destiny.

Today, Cui Zhe has participated in the four Paralympic Games. Although she has passed the gold medal, she still does not compromise and does not give up.

　　In the documentary, there are many people in the same situation as Cui Zhe.

　　Ntando Mahlangu, from rural South Africa, was abandoned by his family because he had no legs since he was a child. Before he was ten years old, he could only rely on his hands for his actions. He once felt that his life was gloomy.

But when God closed a door, he also opened a window for him.

The charity found him and fitted him with prosthetic limbs. After having two legs, he can stand, jump and even run.

Running makes him feel that his life is more meaningful, valuable, and equal.

Ntando Mahlangu Image source: video screenshot

　　Although Matt Starzman was born without arms, he never felt that he was different from other people. Not only did he learn to write with his feet, eat, do housework, but also learn to play the guitar and drive, and even change the tires of cars. .

Matt Starzman aspires to be the best archer, but when he picked up the bow and arrow for the first time and searched the Internet for how to operate it without hands, he didn't have any answer, and he could only keep exploring by himself.

Today, Matt Starzman is a world-famous "swordsman", but he is constantly breaking through himself, hoping to get the world number one in the healthy person competition.

Matt Starzman Image source: video screenshot

　　The Paralympic Games can attract worldwide attention today, thanks also to Dr. Ludwig Gutmann.

During World War II, he was forced to flee to the United Kingdom with his family and began to treat the wounded with spinal cord injuries.

Gutman observed that some injured people improved their emotional and physical conditions by playing "chair hockey".

　　In 1948, London was preparing to host the first post-war Olympic Games.

Gutman organized patients to participate in a small-scale wheelchair archery competition, which was held every year. Until 1952, a Dutch team also joined in, Gutman's sports meeting embarked on an international road.

　　In 1960, the Games moved to Rome, where the Olympic Games were held that year, and became the Paralympic Games.

Beginning in 1976, the Paralympic Games opened its doors to other types of people with disabilities other than amputations and spinal injuries, allowing more athletes to participate in the competition.

Image source: video screenshot

　　The Paralympic Games is not only about "participation", but also about courage and symbolizing hope. Here, athletes challenge their destiny with hard work and sweat.

Many netizens said that they were very moved after watching "A New Life on Fire". Some people lamented, "If you can't kill you, it will only make you stronger."

　　Currently, "A New Life on Fire" is being shown on the watermelon video, and the barrier-free version is also on-line.

It is reported that the watermelon video barrier-free cinema has more than dozens of movies online. In order to facilitate the visually impaired and the hearing impaired, the platform has also launched an barrier-free version, adding a large number of dubbing commentary or sign language content, so that the audience can better understand the movie. The storyline and character expressiveness in the movie.

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