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guangdong disabled athlete zhou guohua breaks two world records and wins gold medal at paris paralympics

2024-09-07

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guangzhou, september 7 (chinanews.com) (zhang lu) according to the guangdong provincial disabled persons' federation, on september 6 local time, guangdong disabled athlete zhou guohua (leader jia dengpu) and the chinese team consisting of wang hao, wen xiaoyan and hu yang advanced to the finals and broke the world record in the preliminaries of the 4×100m mixed relay in the paris paralympic track and field event with a time of 45.09. in the final, the chinese team broke the world record again with a time of 45.07 and won the championship.

zhou guohua, 34, was born in baotou, inner mongolia. she is now an athlete from dongcheng, dongguan, guangdong. this is her third time participating in the paralympics. in the final of the women's 100m t12 at the london paralympics, she won the championship with a time of 12.05 seconds and broke the world record. at the 2016 rio paralympics, zhou guohua and her teammates won the gold medal in the women's t11-t13 4×100m relay. on august 30 this year, in the women's long jump t11 final at the paris paralympics, she won the silver medal with a time of 4.91 meters.

zhou guohua and pacemaker jia dengpu have become more and more compatible in their training and running-in. in order to help zhou guohua concentrate on preparing for international competitions, jia dengpu even postponed his graduate studies for 4 years. zhou guohua also worked hard and won gold and silver medals in international competitions many times. in this paralympic games, she once again stood on the highest podium.

so far, guangdong's disabled athletes have won 10 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals at the paris paralympic games. (end) [editor: zhang ziyi]

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