As a former badminton player and current badminton coach for the disabled, Dong Jiong is well aware of the challenges faced by disabled athletes in badminton court. He explained: "Badminton training for disabled people is very different from badminton training for healthy people. Healthy people can achieve the purpose of exercising heart and lung function by running, while wheelchair athletes must exercise by shaking their wheelchairs and other forces to maintain the coordination between wheelchairs and movements and achieve the purpose of exercising heart and lung function. "

Badminton for the disabled, as one of the fastest racket sports, first appeared in the international arena in 1998, when the first world championship was held in Ammers, the Netherlands.

Although the World Championships have been held every two years since 20 1 1, badminton for the disabled did not really gain international attention until 20 14. At that time, under the proposal of the World Badminton Federation, badminton for the disabled was selected as the event of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games by the International Paralympic Committee.

In an interview with official website of the International Paralympic Committee on 20 15, Bohr-Eric Geyer Larsen, president of the World Badminton Federation, said that he was very excited to hear that badminton for the disabled was selected for the Paralympic Games.

He said: "This is a historic moment, which is of great significance to the disabled badminton community and the whole badminton sport. We are very happy to see that our efforts in the past four years have achieved such results. We also look forward to further promoting the development of badminton for the disabled in the future and further strengthening cooperation with the International Paralympic Committee in the preparations for the Tokyo Paralympic Games. "

Although most excellent disabled badminton players are concentrated in Asia and Europe, Larsen believes that with the gradual development of this sport, some emerging powers will rise to challenge the existing situation.

Badminton entered the Paralympic Games for the first time, and the disabled badminton team in China went to Tokyo with high morale.

On August 24th, the Tokyo Paralympic Games officially opened, and badminton became the official event of the Paralympic Games for the first time. On August 26th, China Disabled Badminton Team set off from Beijing for Tokyo to greet their first Paralympic Games with confidence.

20 14, 10 In June, the IPC formally adopted the proposal to include badminton in the Paralympic Games, which will be implemented from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games. Since then, Dong Jiong, head coach of China Disabled Badminton Team, and his players have started their dream of participating in the Paralympic Games. The epidemic has delayed the Olympic and Paralympic Games to 202 1. After seven years of hard work, they will represent the China delegation for the first time in the badminton field of the Paralympic Games.

2065438+At the beginning of 2009, the Paralympic Games points competition officially started. China made a good start by winning 7 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze and 6 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze in the original Turkish station and Dubai station respectively. In August, in Basel, Switzerland, the Disabled Badminton World Championships and the Perfect Badminton World Championships were held in the same place for the first time. China Disabled Badminton Team sent 20 players to participate in the competition, and finally won 7 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. The double points in the World Championships continue to give them a lead in the Paralympic standings.

The above contents refer to official website of Tokyo Olympic Games-the road from badminton for the disabled to Paralympic Games.