London 2012 Athlete - Chinese Girl with Basketball for a Body

Here’s just one of those photo’s that make you just stop and do a double-take. Kind of puts all these exams into perspective dontcha think?

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Meet 10 year old Qian Hongyan, whose ambition is to compete in the 2012 London Paralympics. Taken from Weird Asia Blog:

The 10 year-old was injured trajically in an auto accident when she was only 3 years old. To insure her survival, the doctors were forced to amputate her legs.

Qian’s family, living in Zhuangxia, China, was unable to afford modern prosthetics and instead used a half a basketball to get around on. Once on the ball she uses two wooden props to help her move around.

qian basketball02 Chinese Girl Has Basketball for a Body picture

A very sad story but really just makes you think twice when you’re feeling a little lazy to work.

Source: Weird Asia News

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