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 | Sang Lan: lighting the torch for The 5th Chinese Handicap Games on May 8th 2000. On her side is Sun Wen, the famous Chinese woman soccer player. click to open  |  | Chinese Ambassador Qin Huasun, left foreground, signs an autograph for paralyzed Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, right, at the United Nations, Friday, May 21, 1999. Sang's mother, Chen Xiu Feng, third from left, watches over Sang's shoulder. Sang who was paralyzed during the Goodwill Games last summer, fulfilled a longtime wish by visiting the United Nations. China's U.N. Mission said the U.N. visit was her last public appearance in the United States before returning home Sunday via Detroit. [AP Photo] click to open |  | Paralyzed Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, right, views a depiction of the Great Wall of China with Chinese Ambassador Qin Huasun, second right, at the United Nations, Friday, May 21, 1999. During Sang's visit, the 17-year-old gymnast saw the General Assembly and the Security Council chamber, where she hit the president's gavel. [AP Photo] click to open |  | Paralyzed Chinese gymnast Sang Lan poses with her mother, Chen Xiu Feng, in front of China's gift to the United Nations Friday, May 21, 1999. Sang, a member of the Chinese national team, was severely injured during a warmup exercise at the Goodwill Games last summer in Uniondale, New York. [AP Photo] click to open |  | Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, 17, leans on her arm in her hospital bed at Mount Saini-NYU Medical Center Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1998 in New York. Sang Lan will share the job of lowering the ball in Times Square on New Year's Eve with Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. ``This is a special honor, not only to me but also the Chinese people,'' Lan said during a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1998, trying out her newly learned English. ``I'm very happy. ... I love New York. I love you all.'' [AP Photo] click to open |  | Sang Lan lying on the bed as her recovery was slow. But she remained in high spirit. click to open |  | Sang Lan lying on the bed, smiling at visitors. She said her goal is to return to competition. click to open |  | Sang Lan after falling from the vault on July 22nd 1998 during a spill at the Goodwill Games. According to her doctor, Sang Lan was unlikely to walk again as her spinal cord was damaged. click to open |  | Chinese gymnast Sang Lan: Ningbo-born gymnast Sang Lan, who was injured in the 1998 Good Will Games in New York. click to open |
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