(Beijing Winter Paralympic Games) Liu Mengtao won the 8th gold of the Chinese team: he did his best to "keep skating"
China News Service, Zhangjiakou, March 8 (Reporter Li Xiaowei) On the 8th, in the Beijing Winter Paralympics Paralympic Biathlon men's middle distance (seated group) competition, Chinese player Liu Mengtao won the competition with a time of 30 minutes, 37 seconds and 7 seconds. champion.
This is also the 8th gold medal won by the Chinese team at this Winter Paralympics.
"I feel that the sliding speed is okay, but the shooting is a bit poor." Liu Mengtao said that when he missed the target, he didn't think too much, "I just kept sliding and won the penalty lap time back by the sliding speed."
On March 8, the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Biathlon men's middle distance-sitting competition was held at the National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou Division.
China's Liu Mengtao won the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Bing
On the first competition day of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, Liu Mengtao won the bronze medal in the Paralympic biathlon men's sprint (seated group).
Today, he is on the top podium again.
Liu Mengtao is from Handan, Hebei Province. In 2015, at the age of 14, with the encouragement of his family, he embarked on the road of sports, focusing on cross-country skiing and biathlon.
Liu Mengtao won two gold medals in the 10th National Paralympic Games in 2019; three gold medals in the 11th National Paralympic Games in 2021; and three silver medals in the 2021 Finnish European Cup.
Next, Liu Mengtao will also welcome the Paralympic biathlon men's long distance (seated group) competition.
He said that he will relax his mind and try his best to finish every game.
Chinese players Liu Zixu, Wang Tao and Zhu Yunfeng ranked fifth, seventh and tenth in the Paralympic biathlon men's middle distance (seated group) competition that day.
Germany's Martin Flegg won the silver medal and Ukraine's Taras Ladd won the bronze.
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