"One-legged gun king" Dong Chao won the gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games: there is no accident behind the success

Source: China News Network

China News Service Chengdu, August 30 Title: "One-legged Gun King" Dong Chao won gold at the Tokyo Paralympic Games: There is no accident behind the success

Author Yue Yitong Chen Jing

In the men's 10m air rifle standing R1-SH1 level competition held at the Tokyo Paralympic Games on the 30th, Chinese athlete Dong Chao won the gold medal and broke the Paralympic record. As a Paralympic "veteran", the Tokyo Paralympic Games is Dong Chao's fourth time to participate in the Paralympic Games after the three Paralympic Games in Beijing, London and Rio.

Born in 1985 in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, Dong Chao was unfortunately amputated in a car accident at the age of 3, but his athletic talent was not buried. In 2004, Dong Chao was recommended by the Zigong Disabled Persons' Federation to participate in shooting training at the Sichuan Provincial Land Sports School and started his shooting career. In 2005, he was selected for the Sichuan Provincial Disabled Shooting Team. In 2006, he was selected for the Chinese Para Shooting Team.

After a long period of hard training, Dong Chao has achieved outstanding results in major competitions and won more than 200 medals in the shooting field. At the 2012 London Paralympic Games, he won gold in the SH1 men's 10m air rifle stand-up event, and at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Dong Chao once again won the gold medal in the SH1 men's 10m air rifle stand-up event, while setting a world record in the final. The Tokyo Olympics won another gold medal, and Dong Chao achieved the individual triple crown of the Paralympic Games.

In 2019, at the World Para Shooting Championships held in Australia, Dong Chao won the men's 10-meter air rifle standing position R1-SH1 level competition, gathered the Paralympic, World Championship, World Cup, and Asian Paralympic champions, and realized his "Grand Slam" dream, also known as the "one-legged gun king".

Success is no accident. Today, Dong Chao is 36 years old, and the psoas muscle strain caused by years of training has increased the burden on his body, but he still has the spirit of not giving up until he reaches his goal. "Dong Chao's goals are clear, he is very talented, and his training is very hard." Shen Jie, assistant coach of the Sichuan Disabled Shooting Team, said. Hearing the news of Dong Chao's victory, Shen Jie was very happy and sent a congratulatory message to Dong Chao at the first time. Shen Jie said that Dong Chao did not live up to such a long period of hard work, one point of hard work and one point of harvest, success is not accidental, behind it is a solid payment.

Shen Jie introduced that shooting sports is a relatively delicate project, which tests the psychological quality of athletes, and Dong Chao's talent is reflected in his ability to maintain a good psychological state and form a stable control of the body in long-term training. Dong Chao's training has undergone three stages of posture changes: lying on the ground, sitting in a wheelchair, and sitting on a stool. After adapting to the adjustment of the action, he must fix the movement through repeated training and sink the center of gravity to achieve a good shooting state.

The name "One-legged Gun King" is not easy to come by. Whenever he prepares for a big event, Dong Chao cannot go home for months or even half a year. Since December last year, Dong Chao has only returned home three times. His wife, Huang Xuemei, can only share some interesting things in daily life through video chat to help him relieve the pressure of high-intensity preparation. "I am very happy!" Knowing that her husband won the paralympic gold medal again, Huang Xuemei was overjoyed, "He is a veteran team member, and there will be a certain gap with young players in terms of physical strength, it is really not easy to win the gold medal, he usually trains very hard." ”

At this Paralympic Games, Dong Chao will also participate in the mixed 10-meter air rifle horizontal shooting, the 50-meter men's rifle three-posture, and the 50-meter mixed group horizontal shooting 60 rounds. After the Tokyo Paralympic Games, the shooting "veteran" will also compete in the Chinese Paralympic Games, and may not be able to return home to reunite with his family until the end of October. Huang Xuemei smiled and said that when her husband returned, she would make him her favorite hot pot and Zigong dishes. "The children miss their fathers, the eldest son said that he would let his father start eating hot pot as soon as he entered the house, and the younger daughter hoped that his father would pay attention to safety and safety." (End)