In the Beijing Paralympics alpine skiing, China, which has never won medals in past competitions, has won 18 medals, including three gold medals, and is making a big leap forward in local competitions.

Behind this was the presence of an Italian coach who took office four years ago.

The Chinese national team of alpine skiing won silver and bronze medals in the sitting and sliding class in the women's slalom on the 12th, blocking all the medals of Momoka Muraoka and winning the silver medal in the standing and sliding class.



With this, the number of medals won in the alpine skiing of this tournament is 18 in total of 3 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze, which is the largest number among the participating teams.



In the summer of 2018 after the last Pyeongchang tournament, the Chinese national team invited Dario Kapperi, who has experience teaching para alpine skiing to Italy, as a coach for the tournament to be held in his own country four years later. We have been strengthening the players.



According to Coach Kapperi, he spent 11 months of the year with his athletes, imposing rigorous training on ski resorts across China.



At the time of his inauguration, there were about 70 candidates for the national team, but we competed with each other to narrow down the competition and selected 22 men and women to represent the Beijing Paralympics.

China's Liu Zhi, who won one silver medal and three bronze medals in a women's sitting and sliding class, said, "The coach told me immediately if there was something I didn't understand during training. He comforted me when I couldn't get up. A good coach supports us. "



Coach Kapperi said, "The level of the players was really low at first, but everyone has a strong desire to work hard and improve, and they have been practicing hard for four years. The Chinese government has provided a budget. The environment where I can do what I want to do has been set up. The players trusted me, and I was able to achieve these results by trusting the players, "he said.



* Toe is "Tan" on the left and "彡" on the right.