截肢者學習跑步

Parapan Am athlete helps young Toronto amputees learn to run

多倫多泛美運動會運動員幫助多倫多年輕的截肢者學習跑步

Rudy Garcia-Tolson, a gold-medal Paralympian who lost both legs when he was 6, teams up with Toronto mobility clinic teaching youngsters how to use prosthetics.

6歲失去雙腿的Rudy Garcia-Tolson是一名殘奧會金牌得主，目前他參加了多倫多流動義診，教年輕人使用假肢的方式。

Luolin Webster loves running. As she tears her way up the field, arms churning and a big smile on her face, her rainbow-covered prosthesis becomes a multicoloured blur.

Luolin Webster熱愛跑步。當她奔跑在運動場中時，雙臂擺動，臉上綻開笑容，她那彩虹色的假肢成爲五顏六色的幻影。

Born without a fibula in her left leg, Luolin uses three different prostheses, one for swimming, running and everyday use.

Luolin出生時，左腿沒有腓骨，她在游泳、跑步和日常生活中使用三種不同的假肢。

The 9-year-old was one of the participants at a running and mobility clinic held this weekend by orthopedics company Ossur and the Challenged Athletes Foundation.

Luolin 今年9歲，她參與了假肢矯形器材公司——美國奧索公司和殘疾運動員基金會於本週舉行的跑步和流動義診。

While Parapan Am athletes competed only a few kilometres away, some of Toronto’s newest amputees were learning to run — many for the first time.

當多倫多泛美運動會運動員進行幾公里的比賽時，多倫多一些剛剛截肢的人正在學習跑步——很多人第一次開始嘗試。

Some left wheelchairs and walkers behind to participate in the clinic, which provided amputees with an opportunity to learn how to properly run with their new limbs and to try out athletic prostheses.

一些人脫離輪椅和步行器參與此次義診，這樣截肢者就有機會學習使用假肢跑步的適當方式，並嘗試運動假肢。

“A lot of these amputees are fresh and new and they don’t necessarily know how to use their leg or legs,” said Paralympic athlete Rudy Garcia-Tolson, who was on hand to help with the training. “Being out here is the first step.”

殘奧會運動員Rudy Garcia-Tolson親自對他們進行培訓，他說，“很多截肢者剛剛接觸假肢，他們並不知道如何使用假肢，第一步就是邁出家門。“

Garcia-Tolson, who was born with multiple birth defects, had both legs amputated when he was 6 years old.

Garcia-Tolson出生時就有很多先天缺陷，6歲時，雙腿被截止。

He said losing his legs set him free.

他說，失去雙腿讓他得到了自由。

“They cut my chains off because I was able to go out and be who I was,” he said.

“他們砍斷了我的枷鎖，因爲我能夠走出去，做我自己，”他說。

Garcia-Tolson has competed in numerous Paralympic Games, and won the gold medal in the 200-metre individual medley in 2004 and 2008.

Garcia-Tolson參加了很多次殘奧會，並在2004年和2008年200米個人混合泳中獲得金牌。

On Monday, he’s competing for the United States Parapan Am team in long jump.

他將於週一代表美國多倫多泛美運動會團隊參加跳遠比賽。

Garcia-Tolson said competing at the international level is all about providing amputees with role models and inspiration.

Garcia-Tolson說，參加國際比賽是爲所有截肢者樹立榜樣，並給予鼓勵。

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