shining in paris | guo jincheng, fellow countrymen are cheering for you thousands of miles away
2024-09-01
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in the early morning of august 31, guo jincheng's family and fellow villagers were watching the live broadcast of the paralympic swimming finals in which he participated. photo by yuan zheng, a reporter from hebei daily
in the early morning of august 31, a house in dongguanzhuang village, wulongtang township, cang county was brightly lit, with cheers and applause coming from time to time. this is the home of hebei swimmer guo jincheng, who is thousands of miles away participating in the paris paralympic games.
in the clean and tidy room, grapes, peaches and watermelons were placed on a square table to entertain the villagers who came to watch the game. guo jincheng's father guo shubo held his mobile phone in his hand and watched the live broadcast of the swimming event.
"i came back from working in the fields in the afternoon and kept the live broadcast on, fearing that i would miss jincheng's competition." guo shubo said that this was guo jincheng's first time to participate in the paralympics, and he would participate in nine events, including the finals of three events from the evening of the 30th to the early morning of the 31st. "not only his family, but also the villagers are looking forward to his competition."
at around 2:40 a.m., the 20-minute final of the mixed 4×50m freestyle relay at the paris paralympic games began. "look, jin cheng is coming!" guo shubo said, pointing his finger at the reporter.
as the starting signal sounded, the athletes quickly jumped into the water. guo jincheng took the last baton, as if he had a turbocharger.
"come on! come on!" the villagers cheered him excitedly.
"gold medal! and a world record!" cheers suddenly rang out in the room. this is guo jincheng's first paralympic gold medal, and also the first gold medal won by a hebei athlete in this paralympic games.
"jincheng has won glory for the country, and we are all proud of him." jia baotian, secretary of the dongguanzhuang village party branch, said excitedly. guo shubo's face was also full of satisfaction and pride: "there are more competitions to come, jincheng, do your best, get good results, win glory for the country, and add color to your hometown!" (reporters zhang lanshan and yuan zheng of hebei daily)
