Introduction to Paralympic athletes

Li Duan participated in basketball training since he was a child. He joined the Shenyang Military Region Sports Team at the age of 13. He was selected for the National Youth Team twice, won the dunk championship in the National Youth Men’s Basketball Competition, and followed the Shen Men’s Basketball Team to compete in Class A. league. In 1996, an accidental explosion of a fire extinguisher left him blind. After losing his sight, he worked as a chiropractor. In 1998, the Provincial Disabled Persons' Federation went to the blind school to recruit athletes. Li Duan was selected by the coach on the spot and selected into the Liaoning Provincial Disabled Track and Field Team. He won the national selection championship that year. In 1999, he won the long jump championship at the 7th "Far South" Games. At the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, he won a silver medal in the triple jump and a bronze medal in the long jump. In December 2003, he trained with the national team in Beijing and Shanghai. In 2004, he won two gold medals in the men's F11 long jump and triple jump at the Athens Paralympic Games. In 2006, he won the gold medal in the men's F11 long jump and the silver medal in the triple jump at the IPC World Athletics Championships. In 2008, at the 29th Olympic Games in Beijing, Li Duan made the Bird's Nest boil with a score of 13.71 meters. He won the men's triple jump F11 championship and also improved the world record of 13.47 meters held by Spanish athletes for 10 years. 24 cm.