(Correspondent Li Shuaiyi) On October 22, 2021, the 11th National Paralympic Games and the 8th Special Olympics Games (hereinafter referred to as "Special Olympics") opened in Xi'an. This year's Special Olympics has a total of 43 major events and 47 sub-events. The Shandong delegation sent a total of 299 athletes to participate in 33 events.
It is understood that Shandong 18-year-old Peng Huidi won the gold medal in the women's 200-meter butterfly at the S15 level and the gold medal in the women's open 4X200-meter freestyle relay in the "Special Olympics" on October 24. In the previous 23rd, she had won the gold medal in the women's S15 200m backstroke and the silver medal in the 400m individual medley.
According to reports, Peng Huidi has been congenitally hearing impaired since childhood, and began to learn to swim with coach Xia Shufang since the age of 5 in 2009. He is currently studying at Jinan University Town Experimental High School in Shandong Province. He has won the silver medal in the women's 4x200m freestyle relay and the bronze medal in the 800m freestyle at the 23rd Summer Special Olympics (setting an Asian record); the gold medal in the women's S15-level 200m butterfly, the gold medal in the 400m medley, the gold medal in the 200m backstroke at the 10th Special Games of the People's Republic of China (setting a national record); and the gold medal in the 400m medley at the 2020 China Junior High School Swimming Championships (setting a national record).