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chao news client reporter sheng rui

　

opening remarks: more than 300 days and nights ago, the 4th asian para games in hangzhou came to a successful conclusion, with the chinese delegation winning 214 gold medals and 521 medals. looking back, which moment left you with a moving memory?

it was the proposal after winning the championship by blind goalball player hu mingyao, it was cyclist li zhangyu's words "this is my home, i will fight to the death", or it was weightlifter tan yujiao who took five years to break through 0.5 kilograms... there was passion, tears, and encouragement.
from hangzhou to paris, on august 29, the paris paralympic flame was lit again, allowing us to travel through time and space, across mountains and seas, and experience the "emergence of the cocoon and transformation" of paralympic athletes from a different perspective.

jiang yuyan won the women's s650m freestyle gold medalphoto by chao news reporter peng peng

in the early morning of august 31, beijing time, in the final of the 20-minute event of the mixed 4×50m freestyle relay at the paris paralympic games, jiang yuyan, a young athlete born in the 2000s from shaoxing, zhejiang, teamed up with her national teammatepeng qiuping,yuan weiyi and guo jincheng won the gold medal with a time of 2 minutes 14.98 seconds and set a new world record.

earlier, in the paris paralympic women's 50m freestyle s6 competition,jiang yuyanwith a time of 32.59 seconds, he won the first gold medal for the chinese swimming team and set a new paralympic record.

zhejiang people must be very familiar with jiang yuyan. at the 4th asian para games in hangzhou last year, she won 7 gold medals and 1 bronze medal, earning her the nickname "broken wing flying fish".

this is her second time to participate in the paralympic games. in the last tokyo, as the youngest player in the chinese delegation, jiang yuyan, who was less than 17 years old, won 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze.

from hangzhou to paris, everything started from scratch. as she said in an interview, "i can't swim as well as others with just one hand and one leg, so i have to work harder and try my best."

paris paralympic women's s6 50m freestyle final photo by peng peng, a reporter from chao news

hangzhou time seamlessly connects to paris time

swimming towards a bigger pool with perseverance and hard work

"not long after the hangzhou asian para games ended, they followed the national team to beijing for training." after entering the paris paralympic period, yang jian has been concerned about the situation in paris, especially the swimming team. "swimming is one of zhejiang's advantage projects, so there will be more attention."

as a staff member of the sports department of zhejiang province disabled persons' culture and sports guidance center, yang jian is responsible for the daily support of athletes' competition and training. "it can be said that jiang yuyan grew up under our watch."

in 2017, jiang yuyan came to the provincial team for training from shaoxing for the first time, in preparation for the national disabled swimming championships that year. "i was only twelve or thirteen years old at that time, a small, quiet girl." dealing with disabled athletes every day, no matter how disabled they are, in yang jian's eyes, they are no different from healthy people, and they even have stronger hearts and more persistent persistence.

she trains for at least six hours a day and swims nearly 10,000 meters. if her results are not up to standard, she has to practice more. "she lacks her right arm and right leg. if she can't keep her balance, she will lose control." jiang yuyan can only maintain her "water sense" and strength through a lot of uninterrupted practice.

this determined little girl also attracted yang jian's attention. "i often heard her coach say that she is the 'ideal athlete' that all coaches expect. she never complains about hardship or tiredness, has a solid foundation, and enjoys the pressure and challenges brought by competitions."

in the 2017 national disabled swimming championships, jiang yuyan won 6 golds and 1 silver; in the 2018 jakarta asian para games, she won 3 golds and 1 silver... it was this hard work that allowed jiang yuyan to swim to a bigger pool.

for jiang yuyan, breaststroke is the most difficult of the four swimming styles and is also the direction in which she seeks to break through. the bronze medal in the asian para games is her answer.

paris paralympic womens6 50m freestyle finalphoto taken by reporter peng peng of the chao news

the calm and humble general

looking forward to new breakthroughs in paris

when talking about jiang yuyan, yang jian said that there is one person who can never be avoided - her mother. a car accident when jiang yuyan was three or four years old caused her to lose her right hand and right leg. in order to prevent muscle atrophy and for her daughter's better recovery, her mother signed up for a summer swimming interest class.

from the moment she entered the water, jiang yuyan fell in love with swimming because "fish have a tail, and i have one leg. i can enjoy freedom in the water."

yang jian said that jiang yuyan's mother was a very strict person, which indirectly shaped jiang yuyan's character of "not being arrogant even when winning". "every time i saw her, she was swimming in the pool, lap after lap, and she never looked back at her achievements."

compared with healthy people, disabled people have a lower level of competition in sports. more often, jiang yuyan competes with herself. "she thinks about how to surpass herself yesterday."

of course, as one of the world's largest sports events for people with disabilities, the paralympics is also full of top athletes. "no one knows if a new star will suddenly emerge, so everyone must go all out."

when preparing for the asian para games last year, the national team was training in zhejiang. yang jian, who was responsible for logistics support, often met jiang yuyan. in her, yang jian could see the "girly" temperament that a 20-year-old girl should have. "she always has dolls hanging on her bag, and occasionally shares the stars she admires with her teammates."

but back in the pool, she must be the "broken-winged flying fish".

at the hangzhou asian para games last year, as a multi-award winner, jiang yuyan often became the protagonist in the spotlight. due to work, yang jian could not go to the site to watch the game, but through tv, he saw the changes in jiang yuyan, "the little girl has grown into a big girl, and the interview is more mature and more natural than before."

yang jian felt that jiang yuyan had the "style of a great general".

in paris, jiang yuyan plans to participate in nine events, and is expected to win gold medals in many of her strong events. in this paralympic cycle, with the help of her coach and scientific research team, she has been constantly honing her technical details, from starting, turning, sprinting, and touching the wall, perfecting every move, looking forward to greater breakthroughs.

in hangzhou, yang jian waited in front of the computer, collecting and organizing their game results for the next training. "we have also been paying attention to them during the training year. of course, we hope that they will have a perfect performance in paris. best wishes to jiang yuyan and the chinese team!"

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