China at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

China at the Paralympic Games

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China has qualified to send athletes to the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. Sports China is scheduled to compete in include blind football, archery, boccia, cycling, goalball, judo, paracanoeing, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.

Disability classifications

Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1][2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]

5-a-side football

China qualified for the Paralympics after finishing second at the 2015 IBSA Blind Football Aaian Championships. The competition featured round robin play, with a single placement match concluding that round. China finished round robin play in first with wins against Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and India. They drew with Iran. They met Iran again in the placement final, where they lost 0 - 1 in penalty kicks. The team was coached by Hongmou Zou, and Guishun Wang was the guide. The roster included Lei Niu, Jiansen Wei, Kai Gao, Yutan Yu, Yafeng Wang, Xiaolei Hu, Meng Liu, Dongdong Lin, Zhoubin Wang and Zhe Song.[4][5]

Archery

With the 2015 World Archery Para Championships serving as a Paralympic qualifying event, several Chinese archers assisted the country in earning spots for Rio. This included the Chinese recurve open mixed team, and China’s W1 pair claimed the first two spots for China at the event. Yu He and Zhao Lixue claimed the maximum two spots per nation for China in the recurve men’s open event. Gao Fangxia claimed a spot for China as a result of her in in the women's Paralympic secondary tournament. China claimed a pair of spots in the mixed team compound open event after one of their teams set a world record of 157 points on their way to claiming gold in the finals. Zhou Jiamin earned China an additional spot with her sixth place finish in the women's event. China earned a pair of spots in the W1 women’s eventafter Guo Ying won gold and Zhang Lu finished fourth.[6]

Boccia

China qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport at the Hong Kong hosted 2015 BISFed Asia and Oceania Boccia Team and Pairs Championships in the BC4 Pair event. They claimed gold ahead of silver medalist South Korea and bronze medalists Hong Kong. They blanked South Korea 5 - 0 in the gold medal game. The pair team included Yuansen Zheng and ximei Lin, and they were ranked second in the world at the time. They entered qualification as the number two seed in Asia in their event, behind eventual bronze medalists Hong Kong who were then ranked third in the world.[7][8]

Cycling

With one pathway for qualification being one highest ranked NPCs on the UCI Para-Cycling male and female Nations Ranking Lists on 31 December 2014, China qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio, assuming they continued to meet all other eligibility requirements.[9][10]

Goalball

The China men's national goalball team qualified for the Rio Games after finishing first at the 2015 IBSA Goalball Asian-Pacific Championships.[11] [12]

Judo

With one pathway for qualification being having a top finish at the 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships, China earned a qualifying spot in Rio base on the performance of Liqing Li in the women's -48 kg event. The B2 Judoka finished first in her class. Yanping Yuan earned China a second spot with her gold medal in the women's +70kg event.[13][14]

Paracanoeing

China earned a qualifying spot at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in this sport following their performance at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships in Milan, Italy where the top six finishers in each Paralympic event earned a qualifying spot for their nation. Danqin Wang earned the spot for China after finishing seventh in the women's KL2 event because Great Britain had two people in the top six but could only get one bearth.[15][16]

Sitting volleyball

Women

China women's national sitting volleyball team qualified to compete at the 2016 Games after finishing first at the 2014 World Championships. Later that year, the team competed in the 2014 Asian Para-Games where they lost to Iran women's national sitting volleyball team in the final with sets of 25-15, 25-12, and 25-15 in Iran's favor.[17][18]

Men

China men's national sitting volleyball team qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics at the 2014 Asian Para-Games, winning the gold medal match in sets of 25-12, 25-20, 29-27 against the Iran men's national sitting volleyball team.[17][18]

Shooting

The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. China earned a qualifying spot at this event in the R8 – 50m rifle 3 positions women SH1 event as a result of Cuiping Zhang winning a gold medal. China qualified a pair of shooters in the P3 – 25m Pistol Mixed SH1 event based on the performances of Jianfei Li and Hedong Ni. Cuiping Zhang grabbed the fourth qualifying spot for China at this competition in the R6 – 50m Rifle Prone Mixed SH1 event.[19][20][21]

The country sent shooters to 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia, where Rio direct qualification was also available. They earned a qualifying spot at this event based on the performance of Yaping Yan in the R3 – 10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH1 event. Chao Yang earned China a second spot at the event in the P1 – 10m Air Pistol Men SH1 event. Xing Huang's performance gave China its third and final qualifying spot at this competition with his finish in the P3 – 25m Pistol Mixed SH1.[20][22]

The third opportunity for direct qualification for shooters to the Rio Paralympics took place at the 2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia. At this competition, Dingchao Gou earned a qualifying spot for their country in the R1 - Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event. Xiao Hong Bai earned a second spot for China at this event based on her performance in the R2 - Women’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 event. Huan He had China's third spot earned for Rio at this competition with her performance in the R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 event. Hongxiang Yuan grabbed a fourth spot for China in the R4- Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 event.[20][23]


Swimming

The top two finishers in each Rio medal event at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships earned a qualifying spot for their country for Rio. Shiyun Pan earned China a spot after winning gold in the Men's 100m Freestyle S7.[24][25]

Wheelchair basketball

The China women's national wheelchair basketball team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[26]

References

  1. ↑ "Paralympics categories explained". ABC. 3 September 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "Making sense of the categories". BBC Sport. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "A-Z of Paralympic classification". BBC Sport. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Blind Football Qualifying" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "IBSA BLIND FOOTBALL ASIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015, Tokyo, Japan" (PDF). International Blind Sports Association. 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "DONAUESCHINGEN AWARDS 82 RIO 2016 PARALYMPIC QUOTA PLACES". World Archery Federation. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Boccia Qualification System" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  8. ↑ "2015 BISFed Asia and Oceania Boccia Team and Pairs Championships" (PDF). BisFed. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "CYCLING QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Ranking — PARA — Cycling 2014". UCI. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Goalball Qualification System" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Download - xlsx - IBSA Goalball Asian-Pacific Championships 2015 - results". International Paralympic Blind Sports Association. 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  13. ↑ "JUDO QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  14. ↑ "Download - pdf - 2014 IBSA Judo World Championships - results and final standings" (PDF). International Blind Sports Association. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "CANOE Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  16. ↑ "2015 ICF Canoe Sprint & Paracanoe World Championships - Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Qualifier" (PDF). International Canoe Federation. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  17. 1 2 "Iran and China dominate at Incheon". World Para Volleyball. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  18. 1 2 "Who is Rio bound for Sitting Volleyball?". World Para Volleyball. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  19. ↑ "Shooters from 28 countries claim 63 spots at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Rio 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  20. 1 2 3 "Shooting Qualification" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  21. ↑ "Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
  22. ↑ "2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Osijek, Croatia Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  23. ↑ "2015 IPC IPC Shooting World Cup in Sydney, Australia Official Results Book" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  24. ↑ "Swimming QUALIFICATION" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  25. ↑ "Daily Medallists". International Paralympic Committee. July 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  26. ↑ "Rio 2016 Paralympic Games". Wheechair Basketball Canada. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
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