The XI Paralympic Games, the largest ever in the history of the Games, came to a close at a ceremony in the Olympic Stadium here Sunday evening after producing the last batch of gold medals on the day's earlier competitions in Sydney.
The Chinese Paralympians have emulated their able-bodied athletes when they finished all their events in the 11th Paralympics Games Saturday in Sydney.
Chinese swimmer Yin Jianhua clocked a time of 31.31 seconds to win the men's 50 meters freestyle S6 title at the Sydney Paralympic Games on Saturday in Sydney.
Chinese highjumper Hou Bin planned to celebrate his gold with a big meal that has been a luxury for him during the preparation for the Sydney Paralympics.
Chinese swimmer Zhu Hongyan clocked a new world record time of one minute 9.09 seconds to win the women's 100 meters butterfly S12 event at the XI Paralympic Games Thursday in Sydney.
Chinese Paralympic swimmer Zhang Yuan was disqualified from the women's 100 meters freestyle S11 heats after no tapper was provided for her swim, the organizers announced Tuesday.
The 11th Paralympic Games at Sydney have finished 1/3 till October 22. Zhao Jihua, press officer of the Chinese delegation, said October 22 that the Chinese team ranks second by winning 28 medals including 14 golds and that they have confidence in wining more golds than last Games' 16 golds.
