Gwangyang-si athletes show off their skills at the 41st National Paralympic Games

[시사종합신문 = 장민규 기자] Gwangyang-si athletes participated as representatives of Jeollanam-do at the ’41th National Sports Festival for the Disabled’, held in Gyeongsangbuk-do from the 20th to 25th, and showed off their skills that they had honed.

A team of 34 athletes (31 athletes, 3 officers) from 14 sports participated in Gwangyang City, winning 3 gold medals and 6 silver medals.

In particular, as a 72-year-old player, Jong-hoe Kim (Level 1) from Sepoong, who participated in the team event and won a gold medal in the team event, and Gwan-deok Han (Level 1), who won a silver medal in the wheelchair table tennis event while undergoing kidney dialysis treatment, were promoted. elevated the status of sports.

In the bowling event, Shin Baek-ho received gold and silver medals, and Choi Hyung-cheol won the gold medal.

In the track and field events, Lim Yeo-wool and Moon Gwang-sik took silver medals, respectively, and in the gateball event, Lee Ok-hwa and Seong Im-deok took silver medals, respectively.

Meanwhile, Cho Young-jin, head of the sports department, said, “I send a warm round of applause to the athletes who have achieved valuable results even in difficult circumstances due to Corona 19.”