China News Service, Beijing, March 13th. On the afternoon of the 13th, as the alpine skiing men's slalom sitting project of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games came to an end, the competition of 78 small events in 6 major events in the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games ended.
After 9 days of hard work, the Chinese sports delegation won a total of 61 medals with 18 golds, 20 silvers and 23 bronzes. For the first time in history, it ranked first in the Winter Paralympic gold medal list and medal list, achieving a historic leap.
The Chinese sports delegation has participated in the Winter Paralympics five times before. Four years ago, the wheelchair curling team successfully won the championship at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, helping the Chinese team achieve a "zero breakthrough" in gold and medals.
In the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese delegation has achieved all-round participation and progress in all aspects.
All competitions have achieved the best results in history.
On the eve of the closing ceremony, Zhao Sujing, director of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, director of the Sports Department and secretary-general of the delegation, summarized the delegation's performance at the Winter Paralympic Games.
She said that the team was united as one, united as one, fulfilled the oath of "the mission is on the shoulders and striving for me", achieved both sports performance and spiritual civilization, and wrote a new chapter in the winter sports for the disabled in China, winning the country and the people. honor.
On March 12, Chinese team players Sun Yulong, Yan Zhuo, Zhang Mingliang, Chen Jianxin and Wang Haitao greeted the audience.
On the same day, in the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Wheelchair Curling Gold Medal held at the "Ice Cube" of the Beijing National Swimming Center, the Chinese team defeated the Swedish team 8-3 and won the championship.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Ranyang
Before this event, Chinese athletes had never won a medal in the snow sports of the Winter Paralympics.
This time, the Paralympic alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing and biathlon all won gold medals. The snow team won a total of 17 gold medals, 20 silver medals and 22 bronze medals, achieving a historic breakthrough.
In the ice event of the Beijing Winter Paralympics, the Chinese delegation won 1 gold and 1 bronze, and entered the ranks of the world's top teams in an all-round way.
Among them, the wheelchair curling team Lian Keqiang successfully defended the title.
The Paralympic ice hockey project started from "zero" in 2016, and won the Group C World Championships and Group B World Championships in 2019 and 2021 respectively, and won a precious bronze medal in the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
There are 85 athletes in the Chinese delegation participating in the Winter Paralympics for the first time, accounting for 88.5%, with an average age of 25 years old.
Guo Yujie, the flag-bearer of the delegation's opening ceremony and an athlete from Zhangjiakou, Hebei under the age of 18, won the gold medal in the Paralympic biathlon women's sprint (stance).
On the evening of March 9, the award ceremony for the women's sprint-sitting event in Paralympic cross-country skiing for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the Zhangjiakou Awards Plaza.
The picture shows Yang Hongqiong of China who won the gold medal.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Han Bing
Zhao Sujing said that during the Beijing Winter Paralympics, the Chinese Winter Paralympic athletes showed their fighting spirit and tenacious will on the field. The Paralympic values of determination, motivation and equality", every athlete's wonderful moments of overcoming difficulties and surpassing themselves deserve everyone's applause.
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