8 gold medals in one day! china's team advances triumphantly at the paris paralympics
2024-09-01
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on august 31, the paris paralympic games entered its third day of competition after the opening ceremony. the chinese team continued to advance triumphantly, winning 8 gold medals in a single day.
in the badminton arena, a fierce battle that lasted a total of 103 minutes became the longest badminton match in the history of the paralympic games.
a total of 18 gold medals were awarded in the track and field events that day, with the chinese team winning two. at the stade de france, chinese athlete zhao yuping broke the world record with a score of 47.06 meters and won the women's javelin f13 championship.
zhao yuping
this is the 30-year-old's third paralympic games. three years ago in tokyo, she won a silver medal. zhao yuping said after the game: "i thought i would have a chance to win this time, but i am still very excited and thrilled to actually win the championship. this gold medal makes up for my regrets, and breaking the record is of great significance."
in the women's shot put f37 competition, two chinese athletes shone brightly. li yingli and mina threw 13.45 meters and 13.19 meters respectively in the second throw, winning the championship and runner-up in the event with a large advantage.
"i'm very happy to win the gold medal, but i'm still a little disappointed that i didn't set a personal best. i look forward to breaking some new records next time," said 26-year-old li yingli.
in the women's individual compound archery w1 competition held at the invalides, chan man-yee defeated czech player purtar and successfully defended her title. this is also the first gold medal for the chinese team in archery at this paralympic games. "archery is a bridge that guides me to communicate with the world. it is a great happiness for me to win the championship again," chan man-yee said.
vivian chan
cyclist li zhangyu, who won the first gold medal for the chinese team at the paris paralympic games, continued his strong performance on the day, defeating his teammate liang weicong with a time of 1 minute 08.993 seconds to win the men's c1-3 1000m time trial championship in track cycling, achieving four consecutive championships in this event.
in the women's 50m freestyle s11 competition, tokyo paralympic champion ma jia won the gold medal with a time of 28.96 seconds and broke her own world record.
in addition, the chinese team also won three gold medals in table tennis. cao ningning/feng panfeng, gu xiaodan/pan jiamin, zhao shuai/mao jingdian won the men's doubles level 8, women's doubles level 10, and mixed doubles level 17 championships respectively.
a rare scene occurred on the badminton court that day. in a match in the men's singles wh1 group stage, 60-year-old german player thomas wandschneider defeated 24-year-old chinese player yang tong 24-22, 12-21, 21-16 and entered the paralympic semi-finals for the first time.
the two sides fought for 103 minutes, making it the longest badminton match in the history of the paralympic games.
wandschneider started playing badminton at the age of 30. this is his second time competing in the paralympics. he ranked seventh in singles at the tokyo paralympics. "if i can win a medal, i think all the efforts in my life will be worth it," he said.
the chinese delegation currently continues to lead the medal table with 20 gold, 15 silver and 7 bronze medals. the british team ranks second with 11 gold, 8 silver and 6 bronze medals, and the brazilian team ranks third with 8 gold, 3 silver and 12 bronze medals.
