HANGZHOU, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — China gained 51 gold medals, together with 16 in swimming, on the 4th Asian Para Games right here on Wednesday as 5 world information have been refreshed.
Seven Chinese athletes earned gold medals in athletics because the host nation swept all medals within the girls’s shot put-F35/36/37.
Meanwhile, Tokyo Paralympic champion Wen Xiaoyan set a brand new world report of 26.18 within the girls’s 200m-T37 remaining.
“I am very excited and happy to break the world record. This inspires me to continue my journey in the following competition. I will keep challenging myself and strive for the Paris Paralympics,” mentioned Wen.
The Indians have been spectacular within the javelin throw. Sumit threw 73.29m within the males’s javelin throw-F64 whereas the group swept the rostrum within the males’s javelin throw-F46.
In the swimming pool, there was a lot to have fun for the hosts, as their swimmers swept 16 gold medals and broke two world information.
“I didn’t expect to break the world record. I had a good feeling during training, and I just wanted to do my best in the competition,” mentioned Yang Hong, who set a brand new world report within the males’s 200m IM-SM6 Final.
After GO chess debuted within the Asian Para Games for the primary time, Kim Donghan of South Korea claimed the first-ever GO males’s particular person title whereas China’s Gong Yunyun was topped the ladies’s champion.
“It is the first time or maybe the last time in my life (to attend the Asian Para Games), so I really want to win and also feel a lot of pressure,” mentioned Kim.
Sun Gang, China’s flagbearer on the opening ceremony, was pipped by his teammate Zhong Saichun within the wheelchair fencing males’s foil particular person class A remaining on Wednesday.
“As his teammate and friend for many years, I am delighted to see him win,” mentioned Sun.