‘She is my heart and I am her legs’: Devoted dad runs triathlon (铁人三项) carrying his teenager daughter with cerebral palsy (脑瘫) because she loves being outdoors

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据外媒报道，一位39岁叫Rick van Beek的男子，抱着他因脑瘫而无法动弹的女儿参加铁人三项的比赛，因为在只有几个月婴儿意识的女儿为数不多能表达清楚的意愿中，他深爱的女儿更喜欢呆在户外呼吸新鲜的空气，并且在观看马拉松等体育项目时脸上会露出喜悦的笑容。于是这位伟大的父亲一路带着女儿完成了常人都难以完成的铁人三项运动。

“她是我的心，我是她的腿。”“我知道她喜欢待在户外、喜欢户外运动，这是我仅知道的，所以我要帮她实现这个愿望。”

据了解，Rick的女儿在出生两个月后就患有脑瘫，十几年来，Rick都坚持不懈的带着女儿参加各种运动比赛。他知道以女儿的身体无法完成任何一项简单的运动，但是他想带着她一起去体验这些运动的美好与魅力。

Van Beek, 39, told the Midland Daily News that he wants to complete the events with his daughter, who is unable to walk or talk, because she adores being outside.

For the swimming portion, van Beek tugs his daughter through the water in a kayak (皮艇) and then pulls her behind him in a cart as he cycles. He runs the last leg (路程) pushing her in a buggy.

'She functions like a three-month-old, and one of the very few things that we know she enjoys is being outside, being in the water, feeling the breeze in her hair and in her face,' he said.

'I think Madison has changed more peoples' lives than I even know about - without doing anything, just being out there. Not me, her,' van Beek told Fox News. 'We make a good team.

 

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