On August 24, Tokyo, Japan, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games was held at the Tokyo New National Stadium.
The picture shows the fireworks blooming over the stadium.
Chinanews client, Beijing, August 29 (Wang Hao) Ten days after the Tokyo Olympics closed, the Tokyo Paralympics kicked off. The names of each item are similar to the Olympic items, but the content is very different. Performed in Tokyo.
From the first Paralympic Games in 1960 to the present, this special sporting event has not only persisted, but also flourished.
Because mankind needs the Paralympics.
Monoplane
On the first match day of the Tokyo Olympics, Li Hao won the first gold medal for the Chinese team.
He won the championship in the men's individual Sabre A competition.
After stabbing the victory sword, Li Hao supported his body with his left leg and stood up cheering.
Just like at the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games before, the small plane with only one wing, although it was not easy, eventually flew into the sky.
On August 25, the first match day of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, in the men's individual Sabre A-level competition, Shanghai player Li Hao won the championship.
This is the first gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at this Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Photo courtesy of China Disabled Persons' Federation Photo by Chen Xi
When he was very young, Li Hao lost his right leg in a car accident. Before he could fully reach out to embrace the world, he had already endured a blow from fate.
After being exposed to fencing, Li Hao's life trajectory changed.
He stabbed not only his opponents with the sword in his hand, but also the difficulties and misfortunes that stood in his way in life.
The sequelae of the old right leg injury in his early years and the new injury from training made Li Hao's fencing career full of challenges.
After practicing for several years, Li Hao found that some of his technical movements needed to be overturned and re-trained.
There is no other way, he can only work harder.
The individual A-level saber competition is different from ordinary fencing. The athlete sits in a wheelchair and relies on the movement of the upper body and arms to attack and defend.
Although there is almost no displacement, the upper body moves a lot, and the game is also very good.
On August 25, the first match day of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, in the men's individual Sabre A-level competition, Shanghai player Li Hao won the championship.
This is the first gold medal won by the Chinese delegation at this Tokyo Paralympic Games.
Photo courtesy of China Disabled Persons' Federation Photo by Chen Xi
Li Hao's long arm became an advantage. He passed all the way in Tokyo and won the first gold medal for the Chinese team in this Paralympic Games.
According to media reports, when he won the championship, his mother was still doing farm work in his hometown.
It is self-evident that the lives of Li Hao and his family will be changed due to the Paralympics.
Disabled sports have given thousands of people like Li Hao who have experienced misfortune a new motivation for life, and gave them a path to get flowers and applause.
On the field, small single-wing planes can also fly in the wind.
In a sense, this has surpassed sports itself.
40 meters long rope
How far is the distance of forty meters?
It is a distance that most people can reach in less than 10 seconds by running at full strength.
But for Hou Bin, the 40-meter distance 13 years ago made him do his best.
On March 26, 2015, Beijing, the media interview of the bid for the Winter Olympics was held. Hou Bin, the image ambassador of Beijing's bid for the Winter Olympics, attended.
Image source: Visual China
As the champion of the three consecutive Paralympic high jump competitions, Hou Bin learned that he had become the main torchbearer candidate 20 days before the opening of the Beijing Paralympic Games.
He was on Children's Day when he was 9 years old-a very happy day for most children. Because of the accidental loss of his left leg, his life fell into darkness for a moment.
Hou Bin, who was still a child, was so happy once when he was riding a bicycle. He fell into the ditch when his prosthesis fell off.
For him, similar embarrassments may appear at any time.
But Hou Bin did not give up hope. He went to the track and field and became a high jumper.
Without the left leg, the right leg is still strong. He takes off again and again to fight against gravity, just like he fights against the injustice of fate.
At the start of the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, Hou Bin won the F42 high jump championship for three consecutive Paralympic Games.
On September 6, 2008, there was a bit of coolness on Beijing’s night in early autumn, but the bird’s nest was very lively.
Hou Bin placed the torch on the support of the wheelchair, grasped the rope about 40 meters long with both hands, and started a long climb.
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games, Hou Bin climbed up to ignite the torch.
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The audience watched him, their heads rising as he rose, and finally watched Hou Bin lighting the main torch at the end of the rope.
At that moment, they, as well as the hundreds of millions of viewers in front of the TV, saw the ignited light in their eyes.
This picture has become a precious memory of a generation.
They are not just spectators at the Paralympic Games, they also gained a different kind of insight from the moment Hou Bin lit the torch.
The Paralympics is far more than a sporting event for disabled athletes, but also a display of human will, virtue and wisdom.
Regardless of race, color, or physical integrity, you will benefit a lot from it.
Afghanistan flag
Although it was a year late due to the epidemic, the Tokyo Paralympic Games did not break the contract in the end.
Like the previous Beijing Paralympics, the disabled athletes ushered in their grand stage.
On August 24, Tokyo, Japan, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games was held at the Tokyo New National Stadium.
The picture shows the scene of the opening ceremony.
But some people failed to set foot on the land of Japan and missed the event.
Due to the severe domestic situation in Afghanistan and the closure of the airport, the Afghan Paralympics finally had to give up participating.
At the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, volunteers entered the venue holding the flag of Afghanistan. This scene moved the world.
This is the special feature of the Paralympic Games. There is love and peace here, but it also reminds people that the world is not peaceful.
Matt Stazman, the "armless shooter" from the United States, is a legend among disabled athletes.
He was born without arms and used his feet to draw a bow to shoot arrows.
At the London Paralympic Games, he won the open silver medal for the compound bow in archery.
As an American athlete, he met the Iraqi team at the opening ceremony of the London Paralympic Games.
"(Opening ceremony) At that time, the Iraqi team was only half a metre away from us. There were also people on our team who were injured in Iraq. The world should see more of this."
American player Matt Stazman participates in the men's archery competition at the London Paralympic Games.
In 1948, Dr. Goodman took the lead in hosting the Stoke-Mandeville Disabled Sports Competition. 16 disabled soldiers in wheelchairs participated in the competition. These soldiers were disabled for life due to World War II. This was the first Paralympic Games. Source of inspiration.
Decades later, there are still athletes who participated in the Paralympics who were disabled by the war.
On the battlefield, people hurt each other because of the different interests of the country, but in the Paralympics, they can compete fairly in a more civilized and friendly way.
The Paralympic Games is not only a magnificent epic of the disabled athletes fighting against their destiny, but also a mirror of the entire human civilization.
People focus on the Paralympic Games, understand the touching stories behind them, and pin their good wishes for the world.
May misfortune be far away, and love and peace will fill the world!
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