wuxi athlete yao juan won the women's discus f64 final at the paris paralympic games
2024-09-06
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on september 5, beijing time, wuxi athlete yao juan threw a season-best 12.53 meters in the women's shot put f64 final at the paris paralympics, defending her title again. this is yao juan's second medal at the paris paralympics. in the women's discus f64 final held on september 1, she won the silver medal with a score of 41.98 meters.
yao juan on the field
in her first appearance at the sydney paralympic games in 2000, yao juan broke the world record for women's javelin f44 and won the gold medal. she has participated in seven paralympic games so far, winning six gold medals in total. in addition, yao juan is also the world record holder for three major events (shot put, discus, javelin) and has broken world records many times. in may this year, yao juan won the championship in the women's shot put f64 final at the 11th world para athletics championships.
in this campaign in paris, yao juan is not only an athlete, but also a coach. as the coach of the jiangsu province disabled track and field team, her goal is not only to win gold medals, but also to train newcomers. "if the athletes i train can stand on the highest podium of the paralympic games in the future, that will be my greatest moment." young athlete xu mian learned from yao juan. in the women's discus f57 final of the paris paralympic games, she threw 32.81 meters and won the silver medal. at the same time, she also refreshed her personal best in this event, making the story of the master and apprentice standing on the podium together.
yao juan on the field
"just like a performance, no matter how wonderful the play is, it always has to end. it is my turn to end the curtain after this paralympic games!" as a 40-year-old veteran who has participated in seven paralympic games, yao juan said that paris may be the end of her olympic journey. she hopes that she can continue to stay in the team in the future, pass on her experience, skills and psychological strength accumulated over the years to the next generation of athletes, and continue to contribute to china's disabled sports cause.
yangtze evening news/ziniu news reporter zhang jianbo and intern reporter dong jianguang
proofread by li haihui
