The 17th Summer Paralympic Games will be held in Paris from August 28th to September 8th. Jiangmen athletes Chen Jianxin and Xiong Guiyan will compete in this Paralympic Games.
During the 2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games, Chen Jianxin and Xiong Guiyan represented the country and achieved remarkable results: Chen Jianxin won the championship in the men's T1-2 level road cycling individual time trial and the men's T1-2 level road cycling group race, winning two gold medals; Xiong Guiyan won one silver and one bronze in the women's TT9 singles and TT9-10 team table tennis tournaments.
It is reported that the Paris Paralympic Games will have 22 major events and 549 minor events, with 4400 athletes from about 160 countries and regions participating. Chen Jianxin and Xiong Guiyan will participate in road cycling and table tennis related events respectively.
The Municipal Disabled Persons' Federation stated that it will fully support the preparation of the two athletes, actively provide service guarantees, ensure that athletes and coaches are fully committed to training and competition, and strive to achieve excellent results.
The Municipal Party Committee and Government attach great importance to the cause of disabled persons, vigorously support and promote the development of disabled persons' sports, attach great importance to disabled persons' sports work, and make efforts in departmental cooperation and linkage, building professional teams, improving guarantee measures, and innovating development models to vigorously develop disabled persons' sports and promote the high-quality development of disabled persons' sports.