qingdao athlete zhang meng won the paralympic women's medley championship and broke the asian record
2024-09-08
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in the women's sm10 200m individual medley final at the paris paralympics, which ended at 23:43 beijing time on september 7, qingdao athlete zhang meng won the gold medal with a time of 2:26.81 and broke the asian record. previously, she won the silver medal in the women's sb9 100m breaststroke final and broke the asian record. so far, qingdao athletes have won 2 golds and 1 silver at the paris paralympics.
zhang meng, 28 years old this year, was diagnosed with congenital deformity of her left hand palm when she was born. however, she did not bow to fate, but started swimming training in her teens. in 2017, she was selected into the qingdao disabled swimming team, gradually mastered the skills and essence of swimming, and constantly broke through her own limits. swimming has become an indispensable part of zhang meng's life. in addition to daily physical training tasks, she "soaks" in the swimming pool every day, constantly changing postures and adjusting the swimming rhythm. she soon became a "flying fish in the water", constantly giving fate a beautiful fight back.
in 2012, zhang meng represented the chinese team in the london paralympics and won a bronze medal in the women's sm10 200m individual medley; in 2016, zhang meng participated in the rio paralympics and won a fifth and a sixth place; in 2021, zhang meng participated in the tokyo paralympics and won the fourth place in the women's 34-minute 4×100m freestyle relay, the sixth place in the women's sb9 100m breaststroke, and the sixth place in the women's sm10 200m individual medley. this is zhang meng's fourth time to compete in the paralympics. in the early morning of august 31, beijing time, she won the silver medal in the women's sb9 100m breaststroke and broke the asian record.
after winning the gold medal on september 7, beijing time, zhang meng said in an interview, "i advanced to the finals with the fourth place in the preliminaries. because the difference between the results of the top three and i was very small, i was still looking forward to being on the podium. the first two swimming styles are not my strong points. after halfway, i was only ranked sixth. but my breaststroke is very competitive. after 150 meters, i swam to the first place. the competition strategy i adopted was not to fall behind in the first half, and to overtake the opponent in the second half. in the end, i won the championship. this is my fourth time to participate in the paralympic games. the first time i participated in the paralympic games was in london. i was only 16 years old at the time and won the bronze medal in the women's sm10 200m individual medley. at that time, i expected to be on the highest podium of the paralympic games; in the subsequent rio paralympic games and tokyo paralympic games, the results were not very ideal, but i did not give up. i will continue to fight for my dream. in this paralympic games, i came with a burst of energy. on the second day of the opening, i won the bronze medal in the women's sb9 100m individual medley. "i won the silver medal in the 20-meter breaststroke final, which further rekindled my hope of winning the gold medal. today, my dream of winning the paralympic gold medal has come true. i am really happy to win glory for qingdao, shandong and my country in the paralympic games."
(reporter bo keguo of dazhong news and dazhong daily)
