[Guizhou in the new era] Yang Qiuxia: Guizhou "Folding Angel" created history at the Tokyo Paralympic Games

"Last year, at the 16th Tokyo Paralympic Games, I defeated the Japanese player Suzuki Ayako to win the badminton women's singles SU5 gold medal." On July 15, Chinese athlete Yang Qiuxia said in an interview with reporters that this is the badminton project No. 1 Enter the Paralympic Games once. This gold medal is not only the first gold won by China on the badminton project of the current Paralympic Games, but also the first badminton gold medal in the history of China's Paralympic Games.

Yang Qiuxia won the Tokyo Paralympic Badminton Women's Singles SU5 Gold Class (Data Map)

Yang Qiuxia was born in Pingtang County, Guizhou in 1998. He was bitten by a poisonous snake at the age of 2. Due to the far place, when he was taken to the county hospital, the toxin "eroded" the entire arm. The doctor could only perform amputation surgery, causing Yang Qiuxia to lose his left arm.

The accident led to the disability, but Yang Qiuxia did not give up, using sports as a carrier to realize the value and dream of life. In 2008, Yang Qiuxia was selected to the Provincial Disabled Persons Swimming Training Team, and was watched by badminton coaches to move against the badminton court.

Badminton needs to turn body and balance, which is difficult for Yang Qiuxia who lost her left arm. "Her grades are arduous training." In Yang Qiuxia's coach Chewan, Yang Qiuxia is a very hard -working athlete. "When she first came, she would wrestle even running, and it was even more difficult for her to play badminton. But she always practiced‘ a tendon ’, as if I could n’t practice.”

In order to make up for the "innate" defect, Yang Qiuxia continued to increase the amount of training, usually more than twice the athletes at the same time. Under the promotion of strong will and tenacious hard work, Yang Qiuxia's achievements have continued to improve.

Yang Qiuxia in the competition (data map)

In 2013, Yang Qiuxia was selected as the National Disabled Badminton Team. In the 2017 Disabled Patient Badminton World Championships won the SU5 -level singles runner -up, doubles runner -up, at the 2018 Asian Disabled Persons Games won the badminton SU5 women's singles champion and the women's doubles third place. Essence

During the preparation of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Yang Qiuxia also included a series of championships, which undoubtedly increased her confidence in the charges of the Paralympic Games. After winning the gold medals of various competitions, Yang Qiuxia was very firm in her longing for the Gold Medal of the Paralympic Games. In the end, her dream came true, and she realized the personal "Grand Slam" on the badminton project of the disabled with the gold medal.

Yang Qiuxia and the coach together show the five -star red flag (data map)

In the Paralympic Games, it is full of extraordinary shock and movement, unyielding and blooming of life. One -arm badminton will fight hard and swallow ... Yang Qiuxia tells us "nothing impossible" with an indomitable spirit of hard work and self -strengthening life attitude!

Source: Colorful Guizhou.com

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