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China dominant in Paralympics

Tuesday, 16th September 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

Archer Chen Changjie celebrates his gold medal.
Archer Chen Changjie celebrates his gold medal.
With two days remaining in the Paralympics and 45 gold medals still to be awarded, China has secured a convincing lead in the medal count, with 80 gold and 187 overall. Great Britain is a distant second, with 41 golds and 94 overall medals. China has more golds and more medals than Great Britain and the United States combined.

China is tops in seven different disciplines: archery (2 gold, 7 total); athletics (34 gold, 64 total); goalball (1 gold, 2 total); judo (4 gold, 7 total); powerlifting (8 gold, 12 total); table tennis (10 gold, 18 total); wheelchair fencing (5 gold, 9 total).

Unlike in the Olympics, China is a force in the pool at the Paralympics, finishing second to the United States with 13 gold medals to the USA's 17. The hosts actually led the overall medal count in swimming, with 52 to the United States' 44.

Athletics will dominate today's schedule, with 26 of its remaining 31medals to be awarded. Football, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, table tennis and wheelchair fencing also have gold medal competitions over the next two days.

Chen Changjie image: Paralympic.beijing2008.cn

Tags: archery, athletics, Beijing, goalball, gold medals, judo, Paralympics, powerlifting, table tennis, wheelchair fencing

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