The coach of the national Para snowboard team welcomed Ullihan, who now has a world-class athlete named Ji Lijia.

The young man won the crosses at the 2019 Para Snowboard World Cup in Puha, Finland, twice, and is currently ranked No. 1 in the FIS Upper Limb Disability standings.

Athletes with lower limb disabilities are not yet very impressive, and if Ulhan is back in good shape in a few months, he can join the team to prepare for the Winter Paralympics.

However, the coach revealed a more critical news, that is, if Ulihan recovers well with a prosthetic leg, he can even participate in the normal Winter Olympics.

Tang Huai was stunned: "Are you sure?" ”

The other party said in a firm tone: "Of course I am sure, this young man you are talking about may have two chances, first to participate in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and then to participate in the Beijing Winter Paralympics, which is allowed by the International Olympic Committee, and we had such an example in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games." ”

Tang Huai looked up the records of that year's participation, as well as the explanation documents of the Olympic Committee officials, and then carefully considered it for a long time, hesitating whether to tell the news to Ulihan.

As a coach preparing for the Olympic Games, he can think that this is great news, and if Ulihan can participate in the competition, the Chinese team will have another point of security.

But as a mentor, he didn't want to tell the news, because it would further strengthen Ulhan's resolve to amputate his leg.

Gu Qiantong persuaded him: "Don't put too much pressure and responsibility on yourself, if we hide this news, Wu Lihan will only resent you for the rest of your life in the future." Tell him the news and let him choose. ”

In front of Gu Qiantong, Tang Huai picked up the phone and put it down, dialed the number and hung up, tossing many times.

In the end, he finally couldn't face Wu Lihan, so he dialed the phone and handed it to Gu Qiantong.

Gu Qiantong glanced at him, directly pressed the speakerphone button, greeted Wu Lihan as calmly as possible, and then said the relevant information.

On the other end of the phone, Wu Lihan's surprise was already overflowing, and he shouted without hanging up the phone: "Great, then what are you waiting for, sawing off this 'burden' one day earlier, I will resume training one day earlier, which will directly affect the results of the competition, hurry up, contact the doctor for me!" ”

He also said that he should have thought of this a long time ago, otherwise he wouldn't have to delay more than two months in vain, during this time it was inconvenient to move, he was fat, and he didn't know how hard he had to work to adjust his body back to its peak state.

When Ulhan said this, he was as excited as a child, but his family persuaded him: "Child, this is one of your legs, and if you say saw, you will see it?" ”

The phone kept ringing, Tang Huai squatted on the ground and rubbed his hair, Gu Qiantong covered his mouth and sobbed silently......

The Swiss doctor's operation was excellent, and the prosthetic service they found was also very good, they first did a full range of data scans for Ullihan, including normal walking posture, gait and habits, and collected detailed data on the right leg before proceeding to amputate the leg.

However, before lying on the operating table, the doctor once again warned Ullihan that there would be a sequelae after the amputation, called "phantom limb pain".

Phantom limbs can be roughly understood as "limbs that you think you have, but don't have". When the limb is amputated and the wound has healed for a considerable period of time, more than 80% of patients can still feel the lost limb and even feel pain.

"It's a painful sensation that is constant and gets worse when it happens, and we don't have any medication to treat it at the moment......"

When the interpreter said this, his expression was very serious.

But Ullihan's mind was full of the Olympics, and it was a good thing to be able to participate in two Olympic Games, so he couldn't listen to any dissuasion: "Don't talk nonsense, sawed off!" ”

On May 31, 2021, Ulihan officially underwent amputation, his right calf was amputated at the knee, and he was soon replaced with a prosthetic leg.

The fact that he did not hesitate to destroy his body in order to participate in the Olympic Games has generated a lot of controversy on the domestic Internet, most people were moved and shed tears by his spirit of pursuing his dreams and winning glory for the country, and some voices questioned whether it was worth it, and whether Ulihan after the amputation still had the ability to win glory for the country?

Ulihan calmly accepted the interview, took the initiative to post the latest situation on the short video platform, and optimistically showed his prosthetic leg to dispel everyone's doubts and misunderstandings about him.

He showed not only prosthetics, but also his love for life, his pursuit of life, and his affirmation of himself.

For a while, he became the spokesperson of positive energy again, and the entire ice and snow sports and ice and snow sports for the disabled attracted a lot of attention because of his "self-harm" behavior.

People did not hesitate to praise him in various words, and Ullihan always smiled shyly, thanked the society for his care, thanked the company that funded his treatment, and thanked all those who supported the cause of ice and snow, etc.

But only in the dead of night, he rolled on the bed alone under the covers, tormented by constant, endless phantom limb pain.

This pain often alternates between a knife-piercing pain, a twisting pain, and a tearing pain.

It is almost imperceptible during the day, and it begins to worsen at night, especially during the period from 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. the next day.

Often, as soon as Ulihan fell asleep, he would be woken up by pain, which was repeated dozens of times a night. He hadn't slept a single slept since his leg was amputated.

He knew that he had to be distracted to fight this pain, and there was no way to make his brain sleep while lying in bed, so he looked for something to do in the middle of the night, reading boring books, watching boring TV shows, and constantly watching short videos to numb himself, etc.

For the first few days, he was physically and mentally exhausted, and the lack of sleep caused him to feel groggy during the day. Family and friends cared about him and asked what was wrong, and he always said lightly that he didn't sleep well, but never mentioned the phantom limb pain to anyone.

He knew that if he continued like this, he would go wrong, and if he didn't have a healthy body, how could he participate in the Olympics?

Later, he found a way, that is, to exercise in the room, practice pull-ups if the legs and feet are not good, one-leg push-ups, single-leg planks, etc., only by mobilizing the muscles and nerves of the whole body can the pain be curbed, and only when the body and brain are extremely tired, will he sleep peacefully.

He regretted it in his heart for a while, but soon pumped his mouth: "Regret having a fart, regret being able to get your leg back?" The path you choose, just grit your teeth and go on! ”

By early June, he was able to walk with a prosthetic leg, and with little improvement or help from staying in Switzerland, he couldn't wait to get back to training and didn't want to waste a day.

Before returning to China, the Swiss doctor gave him a pair of skis, saying that he hoped to see him in the Olympic Games.

Ulhan showed a sunny smile: "Thank you, I will win a gold medal with this snowboard!" ”