(Beijing Winter Paralympic Games) The Chinese delegation is expected to make another breakthrough at the opening of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games
China News Service, Beijing, March 4th (Reporter Wang Zumin) The 13th Winter Paralympic Games opened in Beijing on the 4th.
This ice and snow event will not only review the development achievements of the Chinese Winter Paralympic Movement, but also solve the "three suspense" of the Chinese Winter Paralympic delegation and witness another breakthrough at the doorstep of the Chinese Winter Paralympics.
As we all know, China's summer Paralympic sports have achieved excellent results.
At the Tokyo Paralympic Games, the Chinese delegation topped the gold medal and medal list for the fifth time in a row.
In comparison, the Chinese Winter Paralympic Movement, which only entered the Paralympic Winter Games stage for the first time in 2002, has a weak foundation and is still in the stage of improvement as a whole.
In the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympic Games before the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, only 10 athletes from the Chinese delegation participated in 2 major events and 6 minor events. The best result was the fourth place in wheelchair curling. name.
In 2015, after Beijing successfully won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, the Chinese Winter Paralympic Movement ushered in an opportunity for rapid development.
The China Disabled Persons' Federation immediately established a leading group for preparations for the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games to comprehensively lead the preparations for the Winter and Paralympic Games.
In the past 7 years, China's Winter Paralympic Games have made fundamental breakthroughs and achieved full coverage of 6 Winter Paralympic events.
In the past seven years, China's regions engaged in the Winter Paralympic Games have expanded from a few northern provinces to basically cover the whole country. The number of athletes participating in the Winter Paralympic Games has grown from less than 50 to nearly 1,000, and the number of technical officials has grown from nothing to more than 100.
In the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese delegation has achieved a substantial increase in the number of athletes and events, with 26 athletes participating in 5 major events and 30 minor events.
Today, the total number of Chinese sports delegations participating in the Beijing Winter Paralympics is 217, of which 96 athletes will compete in 73 of the 78 sub-events in all 6 major events.
This is the largest delegation, the largest number of athletes, and the most complete events in China since its participation in the Winter Paralympics.
Compared with the Sochi Winter Olympics and the Pingchang Winter Olympics, the Chinese delegation has achieved leapfrog development in terms of the number of athletes and events.
Therefore, this Winter Paralympic Games held at the doorstep of my home is a grand review of the Chinese Winter Paralympic Movement, which has been strategizing for 7 years.
What is even more exciting is that this "review" is also expected to witness another breakthrough in the sports performance of the Chinese Winter Paralympic delegation.
At the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics four years ago, the Chinese wheelchair curling team won the championship, achieving a breakthrough of zero gold medals in the Winter Paralympic Games for China, which is also the only one China has won in the Winter Paralympic Games so far. medal.
At that time, Zheng Peng, a male cross-country skier, won the fourth place in the 15-kilometer sitting competition, which also refreshed the best record in the individual events of the Chinese Winter Paralympics.
Therefore, in terms of sports performance alone, the Chinese Winter Paralympic delegation has three major suspense in this competition: How many medals can the Chinese delegation win?
Can the wheelchair curling team defend their title?
Can the Chinese team achieve a breakthrough in individual event medals or even zero gold medals?
In the seven years since the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Paralympics, especially in this Olympic cycle, the rapid development of China's Winter Paralympics has also brought about rapid progress in sports performance.
Although affected by the new crown epidemic, Chinese Paralympic athletes have rarely participated in international competitions in the past two years, but since 2016, the Chinese team has won a total of 47 gold medals, 54 silver medals and 52 medals in various international Winter Paralympic events. bronze medal.
In 2019, the Chinese wheelchair curling team achieved another success and won the world championship for the first time.
That year, Chinese players won two gold medals at the World Snowboard Championships for the first time.
The Chinese Paralympic ice hockey team, which was established after the successful bid for the Beijing Winter Paralympics, won the championship of Group C and entered Group B when it participated in the World Championships for the first time in 2018. Group A...
Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that at this Winter Paralympic Games, Chinese athletes can achieve new breakthroughs in sports performance while showing the spirit of self-improvement of Chinese disabled people in the new era.
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