(Beijing Winter Paralympic Games) First day of the Winter Paralympic Games: the Chinese delegation won two consecutive gold medals to create a new history
China News Agency, Zhangjiakou, March 5 (Reporter Li Xiaowei) The Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics officially kicked off on the 5th.
In the men's and women's 6-kilometer Paralympic Biathlon competitions held in Zhangjiakou Division, Chinese athletes won two gold medals in a row, creating a new history of the Chinese Winter Paralympics.
Compared with the Summer Paralympic Games, the Chinese Winter Paralympic Games started later, the foundation is weaker, and the overall is in the stage of improvement.
The Chinese delegation participated for the first time at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Paralympics in the United States, and it was not until 2018 that they achieved a "zero breakthrough" in medals and gold medals at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea.
The 6-kilometer Paralympic Biathlon competition held on the 5th has 6 categories of men's and women's sitting posture, standing posture and visual impairment, respectively, resulting in 6 gold medals.
China's Liu Zixu won the gold medal in the Paralympic biathlon men's 6km (seated group).
This is the first gold medal won by the Chinese delegation in this Winter Paralympic Games, and the second gold medal in the history of the Chinese Winter Paralympic Games.
On March 5, China's Liu Zixu waves after the game.
On the same day, the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Biathlon men's sprint sitting competition was held at the National Biathlon Center. China's Liu Zixu won the championship with a time of 18:51.5.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Bing
In an interview after the game, Liu Zixu said frankly that winning the gold was unexpected, and where he played well today, "I was serious and had no distractions."
Subsequently, Guo Yujie, the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the Chinese delegation of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, performed well in the women's 6km Paralympic Biathlon (standing group) competition, winning the second gold for the Chinese delegation.
Guo Yujie, who will be 18 years old in 10 days, said with a smile that this gold medal is the best birthday present for herself.
On March 5, Guo Yujie was in the game.
On the same day, the Paralympic Biathlon Women's Sprint-Stance Competition of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the National Biathlon Center in the Zhangjiakou Division. China's Guo Yujie won the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Hou Yu
Guo Yujie said that the Chinese team's performance in the Paralympic Biathlon was not so outstanding before. In recent years, due to the epidemic, it has not been abroad for a long time. After this competition, it has better defined its own position.
In the Paralympic biathlon competition that day, Chinese players won 2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronzes.
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