探访残奥会发源地——英国斯托克曼德维尔
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An ongoing journey starts from Stoke Mandeville
2月24日，在斯托克·曼德维尔医院外拍摄的“残奥会之父”——医生古特曼的雕像。[新华社记者 李颖 摄]
七八十年以前，瘫痪病人的寿命普遍被认为很难超过两年，但偏偏有一个名为古特曼的医生坚定着他不同寻常的想法，从英国小村斯托克曼德维尔“试航”，让残奥会最终与奥运会并驾齐驱，用体育改变了无数残疾人的命运。
It's hard to imagine how miserable it could be if someone was paralyzed during the 1940s as the life expectancy for him or her was no more than two years. However, Professor Guttmann, a German-born British neurologist had his own ideas about life expectancy and insisted on the treatment and rehabilitation in his way, which included sports.
1948年伦敦奥运会开幕当天，斯托克·曼德维尔医院16名下肢瘫痪的病人坐在轮椅上拉弓、瞄准，进行了一场射箭比赛。组织这场比赛的正是从德国逃难至英国的神经科医生古特曼。他在英国政府的授意下于曼德维尔医院建立了脊柱损伤科，同时为此注入了在当时看来不可思议的个人理想：不只为让那些伤员更舒服地度过所剩不多的时日，而是要让他们有尊严地活得更长久。
The British government asked Guttmann to establish a Spinal Injuries Unit at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in 1943. The patients under his care began playing bowls on wheelchairs with broomsticks on the ward, then an archery competition on the very day of the opening ceremony of the 1948 London Olympic Games. When 16 paraplegic patients drew their bows on wheelchairs at Stoke Mandeville in England more than 70 years ago, they were just fighting for a better and longer life.
1960年，古特曼创办的比赛第一次走出斯托克曼德维尔，在罗马奥运会后于相同的场馆举行，这随后也被认定为历史上首届残奥会。
Twelve years later, the Mandeville originated Games was held abroad for the first time and was in the Olympics venue immediately after the Olympic Games. The 1960 Games in Rome was then recognized as the first Paralympic Games.
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