(Beijing Winter Paralympics) Comprehensive news: Wheelchair curling defending Paralympic ice hockey wins bronze in China ahead of schedule
China News Service, Beijing, March 12 (Reporter Wang Zumin) On the eighth day of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese delegation continued to play triumphantly and won 4 golds, 4 silvers and 4 bronzes, with a total of 59 medals of 18 golds, 18 silvers and 23 bronzes. , far ahead in both the gold and medal standings.
The Ukrainian delegation (10 golds, 10 silvers, 8 bronzes, a total of 28 medals) and the Canadian delegation (8 golds, 5 silvers, 10 bronzes, a total of 23 medals) ranked second and third in the double list respectively.
On the 12th, the day before the closing of the Beijing Winter Paralympics, the Chinese delegation led the Ukrainian delegation, which was second in the double list, with 8 gold medals and 31 medals.
Since there are only the last 6 finals left on the closing day, the Chinese delegation has already locked in the first place in the gold medal and medal rankings ahead of schedule.
Paralympic cross-country skiing: The Chinese team takes 3 more golds and Yang Hongqiong is crowned the "Triple Crown"
On the 12th, the Paralympic cross-country skiing held six competitions in the middle distance between men and women. The Chinese team won 3 golds, 2 silvers and 2 bronzes, and produced a "triple crown".
The men's middle distance-sitting competition reappeared in the "famous scene". Mao Zhongwu and Zheng Peng won the gold and silver medals. The two Chinese athletes also achieved the championship and runner-up in the men's long, short and middle distance seated positions in Paralympic cross-country skiing.
The difference is that in the men's long-distance and short-distance sitting competitions, Zheng Peng won the gold medal. Crown".
The 35-year-old veteran Mao Zhongwu finally won his first gold medal at the Winter Paralympics.
After winning the second silver medal in the men's sprint-sitting competition on the 9th, Wang Zhongwu once said that he expects to "change a color" of his medal on the 12th, but hopes that he and Zheng Peng can win the Chinese team again. top two.
Today, Wang Zhongwu's wishes have come true and his wishes have been fulfilled.
In the subsequent women's middle distance-seated competition, 32-year-old Yang Hongqiong won the championship again, winning 3 gold medals in the women's cross-country skiing long, short and middle distance sitting groups, becoming the only Winter Paralympic "Triple Crown Champion" by the Chinese delegation so far. ", another Chinese player Ma Jing won the bronze medal.
So far, the Chinese team has won all 6 gold medals in the Paralympic cross-country skiing men's and women's long and short middle distance sitting group.
In the men's middle distance (free technique) - standing event, 20-year-old Wang Chenyang won the championship, and another Chinese player Cai Jiayun won the bronze medal.
22-year-old Hebei player Wang Yue won the women's middle distance (free technique)-visually impaired silver medal.
Paralympic alpine skiing: 20-year-old won 5 medals and temporarily became China's "medal king"
In the 3 finals of the women's slalom in the Paralympic alpine skiing day, the Chinese team won 2 silvers and 1 bronze. Among them, 20-year-old Zhang Mengqiu won her fifth medal in this Winter Paralympic Games.
In the women's slalom-stance competition, Zhang Mengqiu won the silver medal and won all the medals in the 5 events she participated in this Winter Paralympics, including two gold medals in the women's giant slalom and super giant slalom standing group, and the women's downhill 3 silver medals in the all-around and slewing stance group, and became the "Medal King" of the current Chinese delegation with 5 medals.
In the women's slalom-visually impaired competition, Zhu Daqing, a 32-year-old Chinese athlete who also won 4 medals before, failed to complete all the competitions and was unable to expand his medals.
In the women's swivel-sitting contest, 19-year-old Zhang Wenjing won the silver medal, which is also her third medal (1 silver and 2 bronze) in this competition.
27-year-old Chinese player Liu Sitong won the bronze medal, her fourth medal in this competition (1 silver and 3 bronze).
China's wheelchair curling achieves bronze medal in defending Paralympic ice hockey
In the wheelchair curling final on the 12th, the Chinese team defeated the World Championship runner-up Sweden 8:3. While successfully defending the title, it won the 18th gold medal for the Chinese delegation in this Winter Paralympic Games and defended the "King's Division". "honor.
The Chinese wheelchair curling team can be called the "icebreaker" of China's ice and snow sports. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese wheelchair curling team won the championship in one fell swoop, and won the first Olympic medal for the Chinese delegation in the history of the Winter Paralympic Games. Gold (medal).
The two Asian teams, China and South Korea, met in the bronze medal battle at the Paralympic Ice Hockey Tournament on the 12th. Facing the bronze medalist of the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics, the Chinese team, who participated in the Winter Paralympics for the first time, had no fear, 4:0 Defeat your opponent and rewrite history with a bronze medal.
The 13th is the closing day of this Winter Paralympic Games, and the last 6 gold medals will be produced: the US team and the Canadian team will compete for the Paralympic ice hockey championship. It is worth looking forward to whether the veteran Canadian team can end the US team's three consecutive Winter Paralympic championships. .
Paralympic alpine skiing will produce three gold medals for the men's slalom, while Paralympic cross-country skiing will determine two champions in the mixed relay and open relay.
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