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优秀贡献 奖励20分!
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Phelps' eight gold medals and seven world records left you in awe.
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Du Toit's effort in the open water swimming marathon left you in tears.
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Phelps set his record with a body custom-made for swimming.
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Du Toit swam 6.2 miles with one leg.
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杜托伊特成为了第一位奋战在奥运赛场的女子截肢运动员。
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Du Toit became the first female amputee to compete in the Olympics.
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在这一全新的奥林匹克赛事中,她名列第16。她用时2小时49秒09游过顺义水上公园到达终点线。
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She finished 16th in the brand new Olympic event, crossing the line in two hours, 49.9 seconds after swimming around the lake at the Shunyi Park venue.
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2001年,当她17岁时,在开普敦,完成了游泳练习之后,在骑摩托车去学校的路上,她被一辆从停车场出来的汽车撞倒。
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In 2001, when she was 17, she was riding to school from swim practice on her motor scooter in Cape Town when she was hit by a car pulling out of a parking lot.
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Misfortune can be used as an excuse, but Du Toit used it as motivation.
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“我的事迹并不只是对于残疾人有意义,对于所有人都有意义——你们得努力奋斗才能梦想成真。”她说。
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"My message isn't just to disabled people, but to everyone out there - you have to work hard to make your dreams reality," she said.
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Du Toit admits there are dark days.
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At first, she cried in frustration.
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人们总是先看到她的残肢或是假肢,然后才看她的脸。她因此变得闷闷不乐。
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She gets frustrated when people look at her stump or her prosthetic leg before they look at her face.
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Then she gets back in the water.
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