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hualong.com (reporter wang xurui) on the afternoon of september 11, athletes from chongqing who were to participate in the 2024 paris paralympic games returned to chongqing by plane and were warmly welcomed.

chongqing athletes who finished the paris paralympic games returned to their hometown and were warmly welcomed. photo by hualong.com reporter shi tao

a total of 5 athletes, 1 coach and 1 staff member from chongqing were selected for this paralympic games, which is the largest number of participants going abroad. they also achieved a good result of 4 gold medals.

badminton women's singles champion xiao zuxian (3rd from left). photo by hualong.com reporter shi tao

among them, jin yucheng, liao keli, xiao zuxian and yan zhiqiang won gold medals in the 17th paralympic games women's doubles 14th level table tennis event, men's doubles 14th level event, badminton women's singles sl3 level event, and hard court bowling mixed team bc1/bc2 level event respectively.

at 2 p.m., as the time for the plane to land approached, many family members of the athletes had gathered in terminal t3 of jiangbei international airport waiting.

hard bowling team champion yan zhiqiang and his daughter hugged each other tightly at the airport. photo by hualong.com reporter shi tao

"i miss my dad very much. he has been away from home this year." kuang jingyi, the 6-year-old daughter of chongqing athlete yan zhiqiang, said that she would give her father a big hug after seeing him today.

as a veteran, yan zhiqiang participated in five paralympic games in beijing, london, rio, tokyo and paris, and finally won his first gold medal. kuang jingyi also has a small wish, hoping that his father can put the gold medal in his room.

table tennis men's doubles champion liao keli (3rd from left). photo by hualong.com reporter shi tao

among the chongqing athletes who are going to paris this time, there is also veteran table tennis player liao keli. in this competition, he and his teammate yan shuo won the paris paralympic table tennis men's doubles level 14 championship.

this is the second time that liao keli and his teammate yan shuo have stood on the highest podium of the paralympic games. as early as the 2021 tokyo paralympic table tennis men's team mt6-7 final, they teamed up to defeat the british combination and won the 79th gold medal for the chinese paralympic delegation.

"participating as a champion actually brings more pressure. i'm glad to accomplish my goal and bring glory to china." liao keli revealed in an interview that the first thing he wanted to do after returning to chongqing was to have a hotpot, "i want to eat tripe, duck throat, duck intestines..." although he was still at the airport, he had even thought of the menu.

for chongqing people, hotpot represents the taste of their hometown. in addition to liao keli, xiao zuxian, who won a gold medal in his first paralympic games, also talked about his love for hotpot.

"i've really wanted to go back to chongqing for a long time. i can't taste the flavors of my hometown outside, and i have to control my diet." xiao zuxian said that the first meal he must eat after returning home is hot pot to relax.

table tennis women's doubles champion jin yucheng (left 1). photo by hualong.com reporter shi tao

how to regulate your own pressure during training? 16-year-old "table tennis teenager" jin yucheng showed the way of post-00s.

"when i'm tired from training, i'll go to the movies and eat delicious food." jin yucheng said with a smile that eating delicious food is the best way for her to relax. her mother li xiaorong also told reporters that her daughter likes to eat barbecue and hot pot the most, and she will accompany her to eat them all after she comes back.