Her prosthetic legs have been inseparable from Vanessa Low ever since a serious train accident when she was only 15.
Athlete Vanessa Low.
German athlete with a disability Vanessa Low recently had a serious incident at the IPC Grand Prix athletics meeting in Arizona, USA. Her prosthetic legs, belonging to the 25-year-old athlete, were stolen by a stranger. On her personal Twitter page, Vanessa Low wrote: “My prosthetic legs have been stolen. Please help me find/replace them”.
Vanessa Low’s plea was immediately met with enthusiastic support from Twitter users, with more than 660 “retweets” in just one day. Thanks to the help of social media users, in just over half a day the German athlete found her prosthetic legs again.
Her prosthetic legs have been inseparable from Vanessa Low.
“More than grateful to have my legs back. Thank you for everyone’s kindness and affection”, Vanessa Low wrote joyfully on her personal page, together with a souvenir photo taken with her “benefactor”.
Vanessa Low is Germany’s gold medal hope at the 2016 Paralympic Games. Not only did she just win gold in the long jump at the IPC Grand Prix athletics meeting in the USA, she also broke the world record at the competition held in Doha, Qatar last year with a result of 4.79m.
Source: Don Juan / Tri Thuc Tre