People of #Tokyo2020 Paralympics | Lichao Wang 🇨🇳
“When I was eight years old I lost my arms due to an accident related to electric shock.
At that time, I never thought that I could represent my country by participating in a big competition, contributing to my country and winning honours.
I want to thank the country for always caring and giving me the chance to participate and show what I have got in swimming.”
Wang, who took up swimming aged 13, made his Paralympic Games debut in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, when he won a bronze medal in the men’s 50m butterfly while still competing in the S6 class.
“The Rio Paralympic Games were my first time to participate in a top-class competition. I felt very honoured to have won a medal there.
Being able to get a bronze medal on my first time, I was happy at the time, but I knew clearly that I still had to work hard.”
At the #Tokyo2020 Paralympic Games, Lichao Wang proved that hard work pays off. He has won one gold medals and a two silver, and he aims to keep making history at his last event, the Men’s 50m Backstroke – S5 on 30 August.
By Paralympic.org
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