Dahe Network News (reporter Zang Xiaojing) After an 8-day concentrated competition, the 11th National Paralympic Games and the 8th Special Olympics will close tonight in Xi'an, Shaanxi. In this Games, henan disabled athletes won a total of 28 paralympic gold medals, 30.5 silver medals and 42 bronze medals, a total of 100.5 medals, three people broke four national records, and achieved the goal of breaking the total number of medals exceeding 100 and surpassing the number of gold medals and medals in the previous session. At this Special Olympics, the Henan delegation won 17 gold, 15 silver and 18 bronze medals, a total of 50 medals.
Pang Baolong, a disabled athlete from Sanmenxia, Henan Province, won the first gold medal of the concentrated period for the Henan delegation in the men's shot put F63 class competition on the 23rd, and broke the national record held by himself, winning the third consecutive Paralympic Games championship in the project. In the men's high jump T47 level, track and field athlete Zhao Yalong broke the national record and won the championship with a time of 1.97 meters, while he also won silver and bronze medals in the men's T47 level triple jump and long jump respectively.
In the swimming arena, Ma Zhiliang won four gold medals in the men's SM15 class 200m individual medley and 400m individual medley, the men's S15 class 200m butterfly, the men's open 4×100m medley relay, and broke two national records in the men's S15 1500 freestyle and men's open 4×100m medley relay.
At this Year's Special Olympics, many new athletes performed eye-catching. 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 the youngest athlete in the Henan delegation, and at the age of 12, she won the silver medal in the women's S15 200-meter backstroke in her debut.
The youngsters are outstanding, and the veterans are equally outstanding. Paralympic champion Li Lu won three gold medals in the women's T47 100m, 200m and 400m track and field events. Wang Jingang won the gold medal in the men's S6 50m butterfly. Fan Lei from Xinxiang won the championship in the table tennis body women's TT10 level; Zhang Yan and Zhang Jie won the table tennis TT4 level championship, and Ren Guixiang and Li Guiying won the second place in the table tennis TT8 level. Cycling veteran Wang Xian won the first place in the men's 70 km road group race, the men's road 15 km individual time trial, and the men's 4 km individual pursuit.
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 4 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 the athletes of Henan Province, with the high state of "mission on the shoulders and struggle with me", stubbornly struggled on the field, constantly challenged the limits, and showed the spirit of forging ahead. They have set an example for the majority of disabled people in our province, inspired and driven more disabled people to recover and exercise, build self-confidence, actively live and integrate into society.
It is understood that the next Special Olympics will be held in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in 2025 together with the 15th Games. Disabled athletes in our province will continue to carry forward the spirit of hard training and strive to achieve better results in the next National Special Olympics National Paralympic Games.