After winning gold and silver at the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, Ji Lijia posted a photo on social media with his three teammates from China's men's snowboarding team.
I should have been amazed by the achievements of Eileen Gu (Gu Ailing in Chinese) who won gold medals in big air and halfpipe freestyle skiing, and a silver in slopestyle skiing at the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, which concluded last month.
China have emerged as a new Winter Paralympics powerhouse at their own Beijing Games, topping the medals table in a stunning success backed by huge investment and aided by the absence of Russian athl…
China's Paralympics success story, say long-time Games observers, is one of money, foreign coaches, the absence of Russian athletes, hard work and, perhaps, home country advantage.
Wu Zhongwei and Sun Qi continued China's Para snowboard success at
their home Winter Paralympics, triumphing in the men's banked slalom
SB-LL1 and SB-LL2 respectively.