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on august 29, beijing time, in the just-concluded paris paralympic track cycling women's c1-3 3000m individual pursuit, wang xiaomei from guangdong, china won the championship and broke the world record. this is the second gold medal won by the chinese sports delegation in this paralympic games.

wang xiaomei in the competition (photo/xinhua news agency)

on the same day, liang weicong, an athlete from foshan, guangdong, won the silver medal in the men's c1 3000m individual pursuit event at the paris paralympic track cycling games.

wang xiaomei is 24 years old and is from dongguan, guangdong. she was selected into the guangdong disabled cycling team in 2016. in 2018, she won 4 gold medals in the cycling event of the 10th national games for the disabled. in 2021, she won 5 gold medals in the cycling event of the 11th national games for the disabled. in the last tokyo paralympic games, wang xiaomei won the silver medal in the individual pursuit 3km race. in the 2024 paris paralympic games, she realized her dream of becoming a champion and won the olympic gold medal for the first time.

liang weicong is 29 years old this year. he won the 2021 national games road individual time trial championship, the 2023 hangzhou asian para games field team relay championship and the c1-3 group championship.

source:yangcheng evening news•yangcheng news