National Games of Disabled Persons
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Beijing disabled athletes prepare for national games
Disabled female athletes of Beijing wheelchair basketball team receive training on July 22, 2015. More than 60 disabled athletes of the city's basketball, table tennis, volleyball, football and other teams had intensive training in the training center of Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation located in Daxing District, Beijing, in order to prepare for the 9th National Games of Disabled Persons to be held in Chengdu on September 12. Disabled table tennis athletes receive training on July 22, 2015. More than 60 disabled athletes of the city's basketball, table tennis, volleyball, football and other teams had intensive training in the training center of Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation located in Daxing District, Beijing, in order to prepare for the 9th National Games of Disabled Persons to be held in Chengdu on September 12.
China's National Games for Disabled opens in Nanjing
China's 6th National Games for the Disabled opened Tuesday in Nanjing, with a record field of more than 7,000 participants for the 10-day event. Li Ruihuan, Honorary President of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) and the National Games Organizing Committee, declared open the games in a ceremony held in the Wutaishan Gymnasium. The opening ceremony featured a mini march-in of participating delegations and an art and dance performance entitled "Flight of Life", with a theme of "Equality, Commitment and Share". Phil Craven, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), sent a message to congratulate the Games. Among others present at the ceremony were Deng Pufang, President of the CDPF, Yuan Weimin, Minister of China's State General Administration of Sports, Paul de Pace, President of the International Wheelchair Sports Federation, Kazuo Hatada, President of the FESPIC Federation, Pol Wautermartens, IPC Chairperson Powerlifting and Anne Green, IPC Chairperson Swimming. The Games flame was ignited by Xu Hongyan, Paralympic champion in women's shot put and discus, in Atlanta and Sydney. She is a Jiangsu native. Gathering in the capital city of the eastern Jiangsu Province are 35 delegations across the country, including those from 31 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions and the special administrative regions (SARs) of Hong Kong and Macao. Hosting province Jiangsu has two delegations at the games. Also present at the quadrennial games is a five-swimmer Australian delegation, led by Australian Paralympic Committee's head coach Brendan Keogh and his colleague Wanda Smales. The Australians are here at the invitation of the China National Paralympic Committee (CNPC). They are the first ever foreign athletes at the Chinese national games. Listed on the games program are 15 sports -- athletics, swimming, powerlifting, shooting, table tennis, badminton, judo (for blind athletes), boccia (for blind athletes), wheelchair basketball, volleyball (sitting type), tennis, wheelchair fencing, archery, cycling and basketball for athletes with hearing disabilities. The last four are newly introduced on the program. The cycling competitions (track and road) had been held earlier this month. Among the participants are 2,230 athletes, 990 coaches and team officials and 810 referees. Some 500 journalists and photographers are here to cover the major national sporting event for athletes with physical and mental disabilities. The 6th national games originally set for next year is being held one year ahead of schedule to avoid schedule conflicting with the Athens Paralympic Games. The change means that from this year on, the Chinese national games for the disabled will be staged one year before the Summer Paralympic Games. "This gives us more time for pooling up talents and pre-games training for the Paralympics, especially for the Athens Games next year and the Beijing Games in 2008," said a CNPC official. For the first time since the inaugural national games in 1984, the 6th Games is being hosted by a province, instead of being staged by a city as for the last five games. And for the first time as well, the games ushered in a goodwill ambassador. Sun Yue, former captain of China's high-profile women's volleyball national team, has accepted an invitation by the organizers to be the first-ever ambassador. The Nanjing native has been a professional player in Italy since her retirement from the national team in 2001. The games organizers have set Nanjing as the main venue, with two sub-venues in nearby cities of Yangzhou and Changzhou. The nine-day competitions proper start on Wednesday.
The 9th National Games of Disable Persons & 6th Special Olympic Games kicks off
12 May 2015 - The 9th National Games of Disable Persons & 6th Special Olympic Games opened in Mianyang and Chengdu, Sichuan Province on 11 May 2015, with over 6,000 participants including athletes, judges, coaches and technical officials. The opening ceremony in Mianyang was themed "Our Special Olympics". Events such as badminton, basketball, bocce, weightlifting, table tennis and roller skating were presented in groups and arrays, showing the concept of "My Sports, My Happiness". Daily interactive games in schools or PE classes such as rabbit dance and hawk-and-chicken were also presented on the stage to show the society's care and love for the disabled. Sources said the Special Olympic Games involve eight competition events and three non-competition events. The main host city Mianyang will host six competition events: track and field, weightlifting, table tennis, badminton, bocce and basketball as well as three non-competition events: Athlete Health Program, Family Forum and Youth Summit. Chengdu will host two competition events: roller skating and swimming. It is the first time that the National Games of Disable Persons and the Special Olympic Games were combined. The initial events of the 9th National Games of Disable Persons were previously held in Chengdu and Suining. The 9th National Games of Disable Persons & 6th Special Olympic Games will bring together 35 delegations from across the country (two delegations from Sichuan) and run till 17 May 2015.
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1 Chinese vice premier Hui Liangyu declared open of the 7th Chinese National Games for the Disabled in Qunming on Saturday, which will run to May 20 in both Kunming, the capital of China's southwest province of Yunnan, and neighboring city of Yuxi.
2 Swimmer Wang Xiaofu, who has five world records to his credit and will compete in nine events at the Games, set flame to a phoenix that flew to ignite the cauldron of the 7th National Games for the Disabled at the opening ceremony.
3 In addition to the exciting 2008 Paralympic Games, Guangzhou will host the next Asian Games of Disabled Persons.