After winning the women’s wheelchair (轮椅) race 1,500m-T54 at the 4th Asian Para Games on October 23, 26-year-old Zhou Zhaoqian from China said it’s her best-ever birthday present.
Born in Hebei province in 1997, Zhou had a happy childhood until a car accident caused her right leg to be cut off in the hospital at the age of 5. However, she showed very strong struggling spirit rather than just giving in to the unfair fate, with support and encouragement from her family. She didn’t give up going to school and even went to college to study computer skills.
In 2012, Zhou began her career as a sportswoman. However, after four years of hard training, she failed to qualify (取得资格) for the Rio Paralympic Games. Later, she changed her skills and trained even harder. She successfully returned to the top ranks (排位) in the country in 2017. Ever since then, Zhou started to shine in almost all competitions and made rapid progress.
Zhou, who has already qualified for the Paris Paralympic Games, will also take part in the wheelchair races of the 100m, 400m, and 800m events at Hangzhou. “I hope to improve my form by taking part in more competitions,” she said.
This is Zhou’s first time to visit Hangzhou, and it has left a very deep impression on her. She gave a thumbs-up and said, “The scenery and people here in Hangzhou are even better than expected, really amazing!”
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