Original Title: Chinese Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team Wins Silver at the Tokyo Paralympic Games Keywords: Heart and Perseverance
(China News Service) The Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Final of the Tokyo Paralympic Games kicked off on the evening of the 4th. The Chinese team played against the Dutch team. The Chinese team finally won the silver medal with a score of 31:50, creating the best record in the team’s history.
That night, in the Guangzhou Disabled Sports Center, the family and teammates of the Chinese National Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team gathered to watch the live broadcast of the final. The five-star red flag danced to cheer for the Chinese players on the field.
After the game, talking about the wonderful performances of the Chinese women’s players on the field, Huang Jianwen, the head coach of the Guangdong Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team, said in an interview with a reporter from China News Agency that the team’s performance is inseparable from day to day. Hard training, two key words: diligence and persistence.
“They each have to shoot 400 baskets a day.” Huang Jianwen, the head coach of the Guangdong Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team, said that in addition to shooting training, the Chinese team members also need to complete all-round training in physical fitness and wheelchair skills every day. 7, 8 hours.
“In normal training, we will simulate the situation of lagging behind and exercise their mental quality. Therefore, in this Paralympic Games, we have also achieved score reversals many times when we played against our rivals the United States and the Netherlands.” Huang Jianwen said.
The reporter learned that the Tokyo Paralympic Games will be undertaken by Guangzhou and assisted in organizing the training and participation of the Chinese National Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team. Among the 12 athletes participating, 8 were from Guangdong, namely Zhang Xuemei, Lin Suiling, Huang Xiaolian, and Deng. Mingzhu, Chen Wenli, Chen Meier, Lu Guidi, Zhang Tonglei, and the head coach Chen Qi are also from Guangdong.
“Chinese team, come on!” That night, the atmosphere at the Guangzhou Disabled Sports Center was both tense and excited. Every time the Chinese team scored a goal, there would be intertwined applause and cheers.
When the game entered the third quarter, the head coach Chen Qi made a substitution. After Dai Jiameng came on the field, he went straight to the basket and chased the score to 18:23. At the same time, in the auditorium of the Guangzhou Disabled Sports Center, Dai Jiameng’s husband, Lin Yinhai, a member of the Guangdong Men’s Wheelchair Basketball Team, is watching the screen nervously, not letting go of every movement of his wife on the field.
“Watching her play is more nervous than I am playing.” Lin Yinhai said that Dai Jiameng’s wrist was injured during previous training. The doctor had recommended surgery before the match, but considering that the postoperative recovery period will take 2 months, in order not to Affected her participation in this Paralympic Games, she chose not to have surgery and persevered. “My wife, you have done your best, it’s great!” Lin Yinhai said.
According to the Guangdong Disabled Persons’ Federation, wheelchair basketball is a sport for the disabled. The players are mainly composed of athletes with lower limb amputation, pediatric anaesthesia or spinal injury. The difficulty is that athletes need to control the wheelchair while completing actions such as bounce, passing, and shooting.
Huang Kunhong, the captain of the men’s wheelchair basketball team of Guangdong Province, said that because he usually trains with the women’s team members, he is very familiar with them. “They have a common feature, that is, they are very clear about their own positioning, know where their disadvantages are, so they can conduct targeted training and give full play to their advantages in the game.”
At the Paralympic Games, Huang Xiaolian’s several perfect mid-range shots on the 10th left a deep impression on everyone. Huang Kunhong said that this was the result of her hard training at the expense of her lunch break. “After the lunch break, I always come to the stadium early, but I can always see Huang Xiaolian is already practicing.”
The reporter learned that Guangdong currently has 7 Guangdong provincial-level sports training bases for the disabled and the Provincial Sports Arts Center for the disabled in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Shantou, Foshan, Dongguan, Jiangmen, and Qingyuan, which are responsible for track and field, swimming, boccia, and wheelchair basketball. Daily training work for about 250 athletes in 16 events including wheelchair tennis, curling, badminton, weightlifting, deaf basketball, archery, taekwondo, blind judo, table tennis, blind football, deaf football, and bicycles.
“For people with disabilities, participating in sports training is conducive to cultivating their aspirations and improving their physical functions. At the same time, the performance of the disabled on the sports arena can guide more people in the society to care about and support the cause of the disabled.” Guangzhou City Chen Xuejun, chairman of the Disabled Persons’ Federation, said that the main strengths of Guangzhou Disabled Sports are wheelchair events, such as wheelchair basketball, boccia, and wheelchair tennis. The Guangzhou Disabled Persons’ Federation will continue to increase its support for these projects.
“I hope that through the breakthrough results achieved by the wheelchair women’s basketball team, more young disabled athletes will emerge to the fore.” Chen Xuejun said. (over)Return to Sohu to see more
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