Dahe Newspaper reporter Cai Junyan
After the eight-day concentrated competition is over, on the evening of October 29, the 11th National Paralympic Games and the 8th Special Olympics Games (referred to as the "Special Olympics") will close in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province. At this Games, Henan disabled athletes performed well, and in the Paralympic Games, they successively won 28 Paralympic Gold Medals, 30.5 Silver Medals, and 42 Bronze Medals, with a total of 100.5 medals, and three people broke four national records, achieving the goal of "double super" compared with the number of gold medals and medals in the previous Paralympic Games; in the Special Olympics, 17 gold medals, 15 silver medals, 18 bronze medals, and a total of 150 medals were achieved.
For the first time, the Special Olympics were held at the same time as the National Games, with a total of 35 delegations and 4484 athletes from all over the country participating, with a total of 43 major events, including 34 Paralympic Games and 9 Special Olympics events. Looking back at the struggle of Henan disabled athletes to win gold and silver on the field, it can be described as a series of happy events, veterans and rookies are brilliant ——
The picture shows Pang Baolong taking a photo after receiving the award
In the men's shot put F63 class competition held on October 23, Pang Baolong, a disabled athlete from Sanmenxia, bravely won the championship, winning the first gold medal of the concentrated period for the Henan delegation and breaking the national record held by himself, winning the paralympic championship of the event for three consecutive years.
In the men's high jump T47 level, track and field athlete Zhao Yalong won the championship and broke the national record with a time of 1.97 meters, and he also won the silver and bronze medals in the men's T47 class triple jump and long jump respectively.
The picture shows Ma Zhiliang and coach Guo Hongyan taking a group photo
In the swimming event, Henan hearing impaired swimmer Ma Zhiliang performed well and achieved a lot of results, winning four gold medals in the men's SM15 200m individual medley and 400m individual medley, the men's S15 200m butterfly, the men's open 4×100m medley relay, and broke two national records in the men's S15 1500 freestyle (second place) and the men's open 4×100m medley relay.
The picture shows Ma Baichen taking a photo after receiving the award
At this Paralympic Games, a number of Henan athletes played well. Participating in the national competition for the first time, Ma Baichen won the men's F52 shot put, javelin and discus. Liu Mengyan, who also participated in the national competition for the first time, is only 12 years old, the youngest athlete in the Henan delegation, and in her debut, she won the silver medal in the women's S15 200m backstroke.
Pictured is Li Lu (center) on the podium
Of course, many "power faction" veterans are also outstanding. Track and field athlete Li Lu won three gold medals in the women's T47 class 100m, 200m and 400m track and field events; swimmer Wang Jingang won the gold medal in the men's S6 50m butterfly; among table tennis players, Fan Lei won the championship in the table tennis limb women's TT10 competition; Zhang Yan and Zhang Jie won the TT4 competition championship, Ren Guixiang and Li Guiying won the TT8 level runner-up; in addition, cyclist Veteran Wang Xian won the men's highway 70 km group competition and the men's highway 15 km individual time trial In the men's 4 km individual pursuit, they all achieved a good result of first place.
The picture shows Wang Jingang (first from left), Chen Yawen (first from right) and swimming coach Ma Yunpeng (second from right) taking photos after the game
In the basketball program for the deaf, 23 male and female non-professional athletes from all over the province formed two teams of men and women to participate in the competition after nearly four months of hard training under the organization of the Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation. In the end, the Henan women's deaf basketball team won the fourth place in history.
The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation said that Henan disabled athletes, with the high state of "mission on the shoulders, struggle with me", stubbornly struggle on the field, challenge the limit, show the spirit of forge ahead, set an example for the majority of disabled people in our province, and will also inspire and drive more disabled people to recover and exercise, establish self-confidence, actively live and integrate into society.
It is reported that the next Special Olympics will be held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in 2025 together with the 15th National Games, and Henan athletes with disabilities will continue to carry forward the spirit of hard training and hard work, and strive to achieve better results in the next Special Olympics and add glory to Henan.
Source: Dahe News Editor: Hou Xiaoyong