welcome home! guizhou athletes return with honors at paris paralympics
2024-09-11
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on the afternoon of september 11, guizhou athletes and coaches who won 8 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze medals at the paris paralympic games arrived in guiyang by plane. the guizhou provincial disabled persons' federation and the provincial sports bureau organized the athletes' relatives, representatives of disabled persons' federations at all levels and various specialized associations to hold a welcoming event at the airport to welcome them back with honors.
at the just concluded paris paralympic games, 10 athletes sent by guizhou participated in 29 events in three major events: swimming, badminton and shooting. with their strong willpower, fighting spirit and superb technical level, they won 8 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 3 bronze medals, broke three world records and created a paralympic record, and also won 4 fourth places, 3 fifth places and 1 sixth place.
it is worth mentioning that the number of gold medals won by guizhou athletes accounts for 8.5% of the total gold medals of the chinese sports delegation, and the total number of medals accounts for 11.8%, ranking 8th in the number of gold medals and 7th in the number of medals among all provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) in the country.
among them, yang hong performed outstandingly in swimming events, not only winning three gold medals, but also breaking world and tournament records, giving full play to the spirit of veterans. cai liwen successfully defended her title in the women's 100m backstroke s11 competition, and her indomitable spirit was moving. he shenggao, a rookie who made his paralympic debut, won two gold medals and two silver medals in one fell swoop, and broke the world record twice, showing the unlimited potential of guizhou's disabled athletes. in addition, cheng hefang and yang qiuxia also successfully defended their titles in the badminton arena, adding new glory to guizhou.
other athletes such as yang guanglong, liu daomin, wu hongliang, luo jinbiao, and lou xiaolong also achieved good results in their respective events. although some of them failed to stand on the highest podium, each of them went all out and showed the tenacious fighting spirit of guizhou disabled athletes. their names are also worth remembering.
the sports for the disabled is an important part of the cause of the disabled and an important symbol of social civilization and progress. in recent years, our province has attached great importance to the sports for the disabled, continuously increased investment, improved infrastructure, and improved service levels, and strived to create better training conditions and competition environments for disabled athletes. at the same time, we actively promoted the deep integration of sports for the disabled and national fitness, widely carried out mass sports activities for the disabled, and promoted the physical and mental health and all-round development of the disabled.
"the achievement and honor this time is the result of the care, love and full support from all levels, departments and all sectors of society, the result of the disabled athletes' courage to fight, strive for the first place and surpass themselves, and the result of the hard work and silent dedication of the coaches and disability workers." fang sheng, secretary of the party leadership group and chairman of the guizhou provincial disabled persons' federation, introduced that in the future, the disabled persons' federations at all levels in the province will seriously sum up the successful practices and experiences of the past, continuously improve the sports service system for the disabled, effectively increase the selection and training of reserve talents, scientifically manage and train existing talents, comprehensively improve the competitive level of disabled sports, and strive to make persistent efforts, make new contributions and create new achievements in the next competition, win glory for the country and add color to guizhou.
text/guizhou daily tianyan news reporter luo liangliang
photo: guizhou daily tianyan news reporter wu wei
editor/wei qian
second trial/li bing
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