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Torchbearer Chen Jianxin: The torch ignited my "heart fire"

On the afternoon of March 2, the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games Tinder Collection Ceremony was held in Beijing Temple of Heaven Park, and the 9 points of tinder were gathered together to form the official tinder of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games. After the gathering ceremony, Tinder continued to carry out a torch relay in temple of heaven park with the theme of "Nine Heavenly Fires". Chen Jianxin, a wheelchair curler who helped China achieve a "zero breakthrough" in the Winter Paralympic gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games, was the first torchbearer at the Temple of Heaven point. Holding the torch, Chen Jianxin could not hide his excitement: "I feel that the torch has ignited my 'heart fire' and encouraged me to achieve better results in this Winter Paralympic Games at my doorstep." After participating in the relay event, Chen Jianxin will go straight to the Winter Paralympic Village.

Torchbearer Chen Jianxin: The torch ignited my "heart fire"
Torchbearer Chen Jianxin: The torch ignited my "heart fire"

"Just after being disabled by a car accident, I didn't want to contact society, closed myself, it was sports, gave me new hope, and let my life have a temperature again." Chen Jianxin said frankly. Not succumbing to fate, he chose to practice curling, entered the national team with amazing perseverance and tenacious will, and threw the winning pot in the wheelchair curling final of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games on March 17, 2018, winning the first gold medal for China.

Torchbearer Chen Jianxin: The torch ignited my "heart fire"

Now, the Yanqing boy will dream of the Olympics again at his doorstep. After the relay event, he will go directly to the Winter Paralympic Village. "I will bring this torch to my players, because the honor is not mine alone, it is the collective." Chen Jianxin said. He said that everyone is now full of energy and wants to achieve better results in this Winter Paralympic Games, showing the spirit of the disabled not succumbing to fate and self-improvement.

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