The 17th Paralympic Games will be held in Paris, France from August 28 to September 8, and this afternoon (August 16), the Chinese sports delegation was established in Beijing. A total of 284 athletes will compete at the Paris Paralympics.
A set of numbers to understand the Chinese delegation of the Paris Paralympics
The total number of delegates was 516, including 284 athletes, including 126 male athletes and 158 female athletes.
The athletes are all amateurs, including workers, farmers, students, civil servants, clerks and freelancers.
The average age of the athletes is 25.8 years old, the oldest is 48-year-old table tennis player Xiong Guiyan, and the youngest is 15-year-old swimmer Zhu Hui;
Among the athletes, 189 have participated in the Paralympic Games, and 95 are participating in the Paralympic Games for the first time;
The delegation will compete in 19 major events and 302 small events in this Paralympic Games.
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