2022年正值香港特别行政区成立25周年。25年来，香港依托祖国、面向世界，不断塑造自己的现代化风貌。中国日报香港版推出全新人物传记系列视频《黄金时代》（The Gold），纪录与时代、与特区同行的人和事。本期视频我们将跟随香港传奇残疾人运动员苏桦伟的脚步，重温其二十余年的跑步经历，感受他“不断追赶”的快步人生。
在香港，这位残疾人运动员是“苏神”心目中的“苏神”。
“网友为了表达对我的支持和厚爱，称呼我为‘苏神’，但是我心目中也有一个‘苏神’，他叫苏桦伟。”2021年底，随内地奥运健儿代表团赴港的苏炳添在香港理工大学说道。
“Netizens have called me ‘God Su’ to show their support and love for me. However, in my mind, So Wa-wai is the ‘true god’ of the track,” Su Bingtian said at the exchange session at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
参加5届残奥会，获得6枚奥运金牌，同时保持着男子T36级200米残奥会纪录，苏桦伟的故事，值得被更多人看见。
1981年，苏桦伟出生于香港一个普通家庭。出生时，由于黄疸病上脑，导致痉挛及严重弱听，但这从未阻挡他跑步的天赋。
In 1981, So Wa-wai was born into a normal family in Hong Kong. Born with jaundice, So had spasms and severe hearing loss, but was always keen on running.
1994年，当时还在香港特殊学校读书的苏桦伟，在一次校级运动会中，被伤残人士运动教练潘健侶发掘。潘sir一眼相中这个“眼中有火”的男孩。
While studying in Primary 5, his athletics coach, Poon Kin-lui, noticed So’s enthusiasm for running. Poon took So under his wing to begin So’s formal training.
“我还记得当时是一个60米的接力比赛，交接棒之后，看到有一个年轻小伙好像一支箭一样，频率很高，眼神有火，追追追，最后追上来。当时我眼前一亮，这个就是我们要的新星。”潘sir回忆道。
“I still remember the 60-meter relay race. After one of its runners handed off the baton, I saw a young man shoot forward like an arrow. His speed was incredible, and his eyes had fire in them. Eventually, he caught up to the others. I knew this kid in front of me was going to be the star we were looking fo r,” Poon recalled.
1996年，苏桦伟首登亚特兰大残奥会，便助港队在男子T34级4×100米接力赛上夺得金牌，这也是他职业生涯第一枚奥运金牌。自那一刻起，苏桦伟也开启了自己“开挂”一般的跑步生涯。
So made his first Paralympic appearance at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the US city of Atlanta, where he won his first gold medal, as part of the men's 4x100m relay team in the T34 classification. It was also the moment that So started his unstoppable running career.
在接下来两届残奥会——悉尼残奥会与雅典残奥会比赛上，苏桦伟在个人项目中狂揽4金2银，同时也与团队在接力比赛中摘得2铜。
Over the course of the following two Summer Paralympic Games, 2000 in Sydney and 2004 in Athens, So won four gold and two silver medals in a range of individual events, as well as two bronze medals in relay events.
然而，当苏桦伟回忆起自己跑步生涯影响最深刻的一场比赛，还是2008年北京残奥会男子T36级200米决赛。
However, So recalled that one of his most unforgettable moments of his athlete life was the men’s 200m T36 race.
“因为我在100米输了，400米跑得不是很好，令到我在之后的200米上我一定要给自己赢的动力。”苏桦伟说道。抱负着众多香港市民的期待，苏桦伟回忆当时，觉得压力巨大。
“Because I lost in the 100-meter and 400-meter, I had to pin my final hope on the 200-meter sprint,” So said. Pressure to win another gold medal was particularly overwhelming at the Beijing Games.
“在自己的国家为香港队拿到一枚金牌，是我一路以来一直很想实现的一件事。因为始终香港是中国的一部分，令我觉得（尤其）在香港回归之后，更加让我想赢。”
“To win a gold medal in our motherland for the Hong Kong team is something I've always wanted to achieve. As Hong Kong is part of China, especially after the handover, it made my desire to win even stronger.”
最终，之前两场比赛的失利并没有压垮苏桦伟内心，他最终以26.64秒的成绩成功卫冕冠军，摘得金牌，也打破了残奥会历史最佳纪录。
Previous failures had not broken So's fighting spirit. He broke his own world record with a time of 24.64 seconds on the way to winning the gold, making him the Paralympic champion in that event for the third successive time.
“之后到颁奖这一刻，我没想到大会安排一首歌给我们——刘德华的《中国人》，现场大家一起唱这首歌，现场气氛非常高涨，这一刻我已经觉得我赢了一枚金牌，已经没有遗憾了。” 苏桦伟回忆道。
“Later at the award ceremony, I did not expect the organizers to play Andy Lau’s song Zhongguo Ren (Chinese People). People sang this song together. The atmosphere was very emotional. At that moment, I felt every effort was worth it.”
2016年，持续受到腰伤困扰的苏桦伟宣布退役。
苏桦伟虽然离开了他熟悉跑道，但他依然在其他“跑道”传递着他的精神。正如亚洲飞人苏炳添所说的一样：“我在苏桦伟的身上见到两地青年为了梦想、奋斗的同一种信念——就是不向命运低头、排除一切困难，为了梦想拼搏向前！”
Although So Wa-wai has retired from sports, he continues to exude his spirit in other “fields”. As China star sprinter Su Bingtian said: “I saw in So the qualities of both mainland and Hong Kong young people — that is, they do not bow to fate, they remove all difficulties, and strive forward to achieve their dreams.”
苏桦伟不向命运低头、排除一切困难，为了梦想拼搏向前的精神，将继续感染一代又一代的香港青年。
制作人：陈嘉姚
编辑：吴玮莹
监制：史小凤
出品人：刘伟玲
中国日报香港版
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