The Special Olympics surpassed 36 world records and set 179 national records

Xi'an, October 29 (China News Network) -- The 11th National Paralympic Games and the 8th Special Olympics (hereinafter referred to as the Special Olympics) all ended on the 28th. The reporter learned from the Special Olympics Organizing Committee that this year's Special Olympics will surpass 36 world records and set 179 national records in shooting, archery, swimming and other events.

A total of 47 events were set up in this Year's Special Olympics, including 38 Paralympic Games and 9 Special Olympics, with a total of 4,484 athletes from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, as well as 35 delegations from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region. The athletic events of this paralympic games produced gold medals in 1074 minor events.

As the host, the Shaanxi sports delegation is composed of the Shaanxi First Regiment and the Shaanxi Second Regiment, with a total of 505 athletes participating in 35 major events, 39 sub-events and 359 minor events, with the highest number of participating projects and numbers in the past, achieving full coverage of public and Special Olympics events. In the end, Shaanxi disabled athletes won a total of 145.5 gold medals and 264.5 medals, and the total number of gold medals and medals ranked among the top in the country. Among them, 9 people exceeded the world record 8 times, and 23 people broke the national record 25 times.

Xiang Hongxia, chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation and executive deputy secretary-general of the Special Olympics Organizing Committee, said that the province will take the holding of this Special Olympics as an opportunity to accelerate the coordinated development of competitive sports for the disabled and sports for all, thereby promoting the high-quality development of the cause of the disabled, so that the disabled can better integrate into society and realize their dreams.

Zhao Sujing, director of the China Disabled Persons' Federation and director of the Sports Department, said that all the participating athletes had the courage to surpass and strive to be the first with the lofty state of "the mission is on the shoulders and the struggle is me", which fully demonstrated the spirit of Chinese disabled athletes in the new era of challenging the limits, forging ahead and fighting tenaciously, vividly reflecting the vigorous development of China's sports for the disabled.

According to statistics, a total of 7,380 Volunteers, more than 12,000 urban volunteers and more than 135,000 social volunteers participated in volunteer services at this Year's Special Olympics. During the competition, the volunteers provided high-quality and thoughtful services to the participants. The high standard of venue facilities and competition organization laid a solid foundation for athletes to create good results, and delegations praised the barrier-free environment of the competition venues. (End)

Source: China News Network