On the left is Wang Tao, and on the right is Liu Zixu
The 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games will take place from March 4 to March 13, with Shaanxi athletes Liu Zixu and Wang Tao participating in the Winter Paralympic Games.
On the list of Chinese delegations that have been released, Liu Zixu and Wang Tao are on the list. At the European Cup for Paralympic Nordic Skiing in Wokati, Finland, on 19 December 2021, Liu Zixu won the first place in the men's sitting position of the biathlon, and this precious gold medal was also the first gold medal won by the Chinese team in the world championship in this event; Wang Tao also achieved a fifth-place result in this category.
In 2021, Liu Zixu and Wang Tao represented Shaanxi Province in the cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions of the 11th National Paralympic Games, Liu Zixu won the runner-up in the men's sitting short, medium and long distance biathlons, and Wang Tao won the third place in the men's sitting short and middle distance competitions, winning honors for Shaanxi.
Huashang Daily reporter learned from the Shaanxi Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation that Liu Zixu and Wang Tao are 25 years old this year, and both of them can carefully listen to the coach's guidance, overcome their own obstacles, never cry out for fatigue, and actively make the final preparation sprint for the Winter Paralympic Games, whether in the training process of the Shaanxi team or the national team. Through the experience accumulated by the two people constantly participating in major competitions at home and abroad, the two have a high level of competition, and the gap with the world's high-level players is also narrowing. Looking forward to the performance of Liu Zixu and Wang Tao at the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, I wish them a higher level of competition.
Liu Zixu:
Liu Zixu, a 25-year-old native of Baqiao District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. On May 31, 2008, Liu Zixu suffered a car accident, and in desperation, he performed a unilateral lower limb amputation, and Liu Zixu, who no longer had hope for life, ushered in an opportunity in December 2013, and he was selected by the Shaanxi Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation Archery Team.
When he first came into contact with archery, due to his unfamiliarity and lack of confidence in the project, he often hesitated to stick to it, but after half a year of hard training and the teachings of coaches and teachers, Liu Zixu began to like the sport. Finally, the kung fu paid off, and won the fourth place in the team at the 2015 Sichuan National Games, and in 2017 Liu Zixu represented the Shaanxi team in the Beijing Archery Championships. Through layers of screening, in October 2017, Liu Zixu officially joined the national cross-country skiing and 2ndlon national training team for the disabled, and began ski training.
December 2017. Liu Zixu participated in the cross-country skiing championships held in Yabuli for the first time; In 2019, he participated in cross-country skiing and biathlon national games and achieved a good result of fourth place in biathlon 15 km long distance; In February 2021, he won the third place in cross-country skiing and the second place in biathlon in the Winter Paralympic Test Event held in Chongli; In August 2021, he won the third place in cross-country skiing in the long distance, second place in the short distance and fourth place in the middle distance in the Winter Olympic Qualifying Points Competition, and successfully obtained the winter Paralympic cross-country skiing entry points; In December 2021, he went abroad to participate in the European Championships in Finland, and achieved the sixth, eighth and first places in biathlon in cross-country skiing, and successfully won the winter biathlon entry points at the Winter Paralympic Games.
Wang Taoqi:
Wang Tao is from Binzhou, Xianyang, Shaanxi. In December 2012, a car accident caused the young Wang Tao to lose his right leg, and his life has fallen into a low point ever since. But in order to regain the courage to live, Wang Tao said that his parents always encouraged him, often telling him inspirational stories about the disabled.
In 2013, Wang Tao, who was in school, was selected as an archer by the Shaanxi Provincial Sports Management Center for the Disabled. After entering the archery team, Wang Tao trained hard, and in 2014, he participated in the National Archery Championship for the Disabled and participated in three major domestic events, but none of them achieved particularly desirable results. In July 2017, in order to find his own advantages, he switched from archery to winter sports cross-country skiing. In November 2017, it officially entered the Chinese national training team for cross-country skiing and biathlon for the disabled. In 2018, Wang Tao won the national biathlon men's 15 km gold medal for the disabled (the first gold medal in the winter event of Shaanxi Province) and was named "National Biathlon Outstanding Athlete for the Disabled".
In the 10th Paralympic Games 2019, he won the silver medal in cross-country skiing 4×2.5 open relay, and the bronze medal in the men's 15 km in biathlon, and was named shaanxi province self-improvement model advanced in August. In February 2021, he won the bronze medal in the biathlon men's seated biathlon at the Beijing Winter Paralympics Test Event held at the National Biathlon Center, and in December 2021, he represented the Chinese team in Finland to participate in the European Cup (Olympic Points Competition) and won the fifth place in phyla, and has successfully qualified for the cross-country skiing and biathlon events of the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
(Source: China Business Network)