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Beijing Winter Paralympics 2022
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Winter Paralympics: China secures two more golds in Para cross-country skiing, as host extends lead in Beijing 2022 medal table

  • Zheng Peng, Yang Hongqiong win respective men’s and women’s sprint sitting events to take China to 10 gold medals overall
  • ‘I’m not sure about tactics, but because all the fans have been cheering for us, the rhythm they’ve been giving us is really great,’ Zheng says

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(From left) Beijing Winter Paralympic Games cross-country skiing men’s sprint sitting final event silver medallist Mao Zhongwu, gold medallist Zheng Peng and bronze medallist Collin Cameron at the Zhangjiakou Biathlon Centre. Photo: Reuters
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China’s Para cross-country skiers continued their gold rush at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games on Wednesday, as the host extended its lead at the top of the medal table.

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Zheng Peng eased to gold in the men’s sprint sitting event with a time of 2:42.40 to get things under way on day 5 at a sunny Zhangjiakou Biathlon Centre.

This was the 29-year-old Putian native’s second gold medal, having won one in the men’s 15km sitting event last Sunday.

Teammate Mao Zhongwu earned his second silver medal of the Games in a time of 2:44.90, while Canada’s Collin Cameron took bronze. Liu Zixu, who won China’s first gold medal in the men’s sprint sitting on Saturday, came fourth, with Wang Tao fifth.
(From left) China’s Wang Tao, Zheng Peng, Mao Zhongwu and Liu Zixu after the men’s cross-country skiing sprint sitting final event at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre, during the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. Photo: Xinhua
(From left) China’s Wang Tao, Zheng Peng, Mao Zhongwu and Liu Zixu after the men’s cross-country skiing sprint sitting final event at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre, during the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. Photo: Xinhua

“It was a really tough and close race,” Zheng said. “I’m really glad to get this gold because I might not have got it if I wasn’t as stable as I was.

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