Breaking paralympic records! Sichuan Chengdu athlete Dong Chao won the first gold medal of the Chinese shooting team tokyo Paralympic Games

Cover reporter Chen Yanfei

On August 30, in the men's 10m air rifle standing R1-SH1 level in the shooting event, Sichuan Chengdu athlete Dong Chao won the gold medal with 246.4 rings, achieving a three-consecutive personal championship and breaking his record at the Rio Paralympic Games. This is the first gold medal won by the Chinese shooting team at the Tokyo Paralympic Games and the first gold medal won by Chengdu athletes at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

In the first shot of the final, Dong Chao hit 10.5 rings; in the second stage of the knockout round, one player will be eliminated after each round, and the atmosphere is extremely tense. Dong Chao has been wandering in the first and second places, with excellent psychological quality and skillful shooting feeling, Dong Chao played steadily, and finally won the championship with a performance of 1.3 rings over the second place.

Dong Chao

In Chengdu, Sichuan, Dong Chao has always been a star player. He has won two Paralympic Championships in London and Rio 2016, the International Paralympic Shooting World Championship, the World Cup and Asian Paralympic Games Shooting Competition Gold Medal... Behind the Grand Slam is Dong Chao's 17 years of insistence.

In 1988, due to a car accident, 3-year-old Dong Chao's left leg was amputated at a high level. By the time he was in elementary school, his athletic talents had begun to show their talents and were beginning to show their sharp edge. Sports ignited his passion for life, and in the days that followed, he never retreated, and he insisted on training on one foot for several years. At the age of 19, he was recommended to the Sichuan Provincial Paralympic Sports Team and officially became a member of the shooting team. Since then, Dong Chao's shooting career has been unstoppable.

After practicing shooting for two years, Dong Chao became famous at the National Para Shooting Championship. Won two gold medals in one go, individual and team. At the 2012 London Paralympic Games, he won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle stand-up 60-round SH1 competition, which was also the first Olympic gold medal ever won by the disabled in Sichuan Province, and at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, Dong Chao once again won the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle vertical shot 60-round SH1 level competition, while setting a world record in the final. At the 2019 World Paralympic Shooting Championships, Dong Chao reversed the game with the advantage of the last shot of 0.5 rings and successfully won the men's 10m air rifle standing position R1-SH1 class championship. This year, Dong Chao won the R1-SH1 class again in the men's 10m air rifle standing at the Tokyo Paralympic Games...

It is reported that in this Paralympic Games, a total of three athletes from Chengdu participated. In addition to Dong Chao, there are also shooting player Tian Fugang and table tennis player Wang Rui.

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