On the afternoon of September 26, the opening ceremony of the 11th Shanxi Province Disabled Persons Games was held at Shanxi Sports Center . The theme of this year's Disabled Persons Games is "Sunshine of Life, Blooming Passion."
The Provincial Paralympic Games, held every four years, is the largest, highest-level, and most influential comprehensive sports event for persons with disabilities in the province. It is an important stage to showcase the achievements of sports for persons with disabilities in the province, and it is also an important stage for the whole society to understand disability. It is an important platform for people to serve the disabled with love and work together to promote the development of the cause of the disabled. The Games lasted for three days. More than 430 athletes from 11 teams across the province participated in track and field, swimming, blind judo, table tennis, badminton, weightlifting, chess, go, darts, blind rope skipping, wheelchair fencing, blind goalball, deaf There are 14 competitions in basketball and football for the deaf.
A total of 5 disabled athletes from Jiangxian County participated on behalf of the Yuncheng team and achieved excellent results of two gold medals, five silvers and one bronze. Wang Jie and Hou Zhiqiang participated in the deaf basketball team and achieved good results in fifth place. Among them, track and field Events: Huang Da has two golds and one silver, Guo Chaoyang has one silver and one bronze. Swimming events: and Meng Jie have three silvers.
I would like to thank the staff for their hard work, the coaches for their patient guidance, and the disabled athletes for their hard work to achieve such good results, which fully demonstrates the self-improvement, tenacious struggle, optimism and sports talent of the disabled people in our county. It strengthens confidence and sets an example for disabled people to bravely go into society and participate in social life.
Picture and text source: Jiangxian Disabled Persons’ Federation
