BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) — China on Wednesday introduced a delegation of 723 members, together with 439 athletes, for the upcoming Asian Para Games to be held in Hangzhou from Oct. 22-28.
The 221 male and 218 feminine athletes will compete in 397 occasions of all 22 disciplines of the Hangzhou Asian Para Games.
The common age of the athletes is 26.5 years previous. The oldest is the 58-year-old desk tennis participant Gao Yanming and the youngest is 13-year-old chess participant Yang Yixiao.
Among them, 247 athletes have faculty diploma or above. And all of the 439 athletes are amateurs as they’re farmers, college students, employees, and freelancers.
The delegation eyes retaining the main place within the Asian Para Games, demonstrating each sports activities efficiency and morality, dwelling as much as the dedication of “two games of equal splendor”, in response to the deputy head of the delegation Zhao Sujing.
“Just like my teammates, I am so proud to compete at home, I will abide by the rules and regulations, overcome the difficulties and strive to surpass myself in Hangzhou,” stated Wen Xiaoyan, the monitor and area gold medalist of the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics and the Tokyo Paralympics.
“Half of the team retired after the Tokyo Paralympics, and the majority of our team now are around 23 years old. We were the champion in 2018, so we will seek to retain our title in Hangzhou,” stated Chen Qi, coach of the Chinese Women’s wheelchair basketball workforce.
“I hope the veterans could pass on their resilience and love for the wheelchair basketball to the rookies, and we will test ourselves in Hangzhou before preparing for the Paris Paralympics,” he added.