The 5th Asian Para Games concluded in Nagoya, Japan

China News Service, Nagoya, Japan, October 25 (Reporter Zhu Chenxi) The 5th Asian Para Games concluded on the 24th at the Mizuho Park Track and Field Stadium in Nagoya, Japan. The Chinese sports delegation won 207 gold medals, 117 silver medals and 111 bronze medals, a total of 435 medals, ranking first in the gold medal list and medal list for the fifth consecutive time, creating the best results for overseas participation in the Asian Para Games.

In this event, the Chinese delegation sent 312 athletes to participate in 17 major events, making it the largest number of athletes participating in the overseas Asian Para Games. A total of 11 world records and 18 Asian records were broken. Men's wheelchair fencer Zhong Saichun served as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at the closing ceremony. He won a total of 6 gold medals in the men's foil individual A-level, men's epee individual A-level and four team competitions in this event.

The closing ceremony drew inspiration from the local natural customs, folk art and traditional skills of Aichi, emphasizing that everyone has their own beauty and strengths, and expressing respect for individual differences.

Majid Rashid, Chairman of the Asian Paralympic Committee, said in his speech that this event demonstrates the growing strength of Asian Paralympic Sports and the broad prospects for a more inclusive and sustainable future. "The Games will come to an end tonight, but the dreams it inspired must live on."

This Asian Para Games has a total of 18 sports and 489 minor sports including track and field, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair fencing, blind football, wheelchair basketball, and sitting volleyball. A total of about 4,000 athletes and team members from 45 countries and regions participated. The event completed the graded evaluation of more than 200 athletes.

A short video reviewing the highlights of this event was played at the closing ceremony. After the video was played, the flag of the Asian Paralympic Committee was lowered. At the handover ceremony, the flag was handed over to representatives of the next host city, Doha, Qatar.