Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 9 (Reporter Zheng Zhi) According to the China Sports Management Center for the Disabled, less than seven months before the opening of the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, the Chinese Paralympic sports team, which has achieved gold medals and medal tables for five consecutive Summer Paralympic Games since Athens, has assembled and will usher in the New Year of the Dragon in the winter training camp.
In order to lay a solid foundation, improve the team's competitive level, and make comprehensive preparations for the competition, the China Disabled Persons' Federation will organize teams in 18 sports, including track and field, swimming, table tennis, and weightlifting, to carry out winter training at 13 training bases in Beijing, Shanghai, and Jiangsu from December 25, 2023.
According to reports, the scale of the winter training camp currently being carried out is 392 athletes, 71 coaches, and 188 staff and auxiliary personnel. The athletes come from 27 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), with an average age of 28 years old, of which the oldest athlete is 53 years old, Li Min, a Hunan athlete from the shooting team; The youngest athlete is 14 years old, Yuan Ziqi, a Fujian athlete from the blind football team.
The teams will strive to compete at their best at the Paris Paralympic Games through the excellent platform provided by the winter training. The team members said that they will go all out, not afraid of strong opponents, strive to play their best level, and write their own new chapter with strength and fighting spirit. The China Sports Management Center for the Disabled undertook the training of swimming, weightlifting, boccia, wheelchair basketball and other events in the winter training.
In order to let the athletes, coaches and staff have a warm and peaceful Spring Festival, each training base has prepared a variety of activities to welcome the New Year. During the festival, a variety of activities such as watching movies, singing competitions, calligraphy, paper-cutting, and dumpling making will be arranged, so that the athletes and coaches of the training team can fully feel the strong atmosphere of the Spring Festival. (ENDS).