(Beijing Winter Paralympic Games) Paralympic Cross-Country Skiing Stadium Gives Birth to Two Chinese "Double Champions"
Zhangjiakou, China News Service, March 9 (Reporter Li Xiaowei) On the 9th, Chinese athletes Zheng Peng and Yang Hongqiong won the gold medals in the men's and women's short distance (sitting) of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, respectively, and both advanced to the "double champion" of the Chinese Winter Paralympic Team.
"It's a great honor to win two gold medals at the 'Doorstep'." Zheng Peng said after the game. Zheng Peng's gold medal on that day was the ninth gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, and the second gold medal he won at the Winter Paralympic Games. Three days ago, he won the Paralympic Cross-Country Skiing Men's Long Distance (Sitting) championship.
On the evening of March 6, the award ceremony for the men's long-distance-sitting event of cross-country skiing for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Winter Games was held at the Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza, and China's Zheng Peng won the gold medal in the event. The picture shows Zheng Peng showing the gold medal. Photo by China News Service reporter Hou Yu
Zheng Peng, 29, was disabled in both legs due to an accident in 2011, and in 2013, he applied for a sports school for the disabled in Beijing on the recommendation of the Hometown Disabled Persons' Federation and was admitted, and has been exposed to skiing since then.
At the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games four years ago, Zheng Peng finished fourth in the Paralympic cross-country skiing men's 15 km (sitting group). Today, four years later, he has become the "double champion" of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. In this regard, Zheng Peng said that the biggest reason is that the team is getting stronger and stronger.
"Compared with when we were in Pyeongchang, the level of our team members has improved greatly, there are more teammates participating in the competition, and the atmosphere of mutual learning within the team is good." Zheng Peng said that the team logistics also effectively guaranteed the athletes' good results.
On the evening of March 6, the award ceremony for the women's long-distance-sitting event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic The picture shows Yang Hongqiong showing the gold medal. Photo by China News Service reporter Hou Yu
On the same day, in the women's short distance (sitting) competition of Paralympic cross-country skiing that followed, China's Yang Hongqiong also won her second gold medal in the Winter Paralympic Games, and the Chinese delegation won two gold medals in 20 minutes. Three days ago, she won the gold medal in the women's long distance (sitting) of Paralympic cross-country skiing.
The 32-year-old Yang Hongqiong was originally a wheelchair basketball player, and after cross-country skiing, due to the need to rely on both hands to maintain body balance in sitting cross-country skiing training and competitions, the "veteran" became one of the players with the most wrestling in the team. She persevered and finally bloomed at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
Next, Zheng Peng and Yang Hongqiong will participate in the men's and women's middle distance (sitting group) competitions in the Men's and Women's Middle Distance (Sitting Group) of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. (End)