BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- With the Beijing
Paralympics in full swing, netizens have spoken highly of the athletes for
their tremendous sporting skills and said the fantastic Games go
beyond their expectation.
A Xinhuanet netizen blogged that the women's wheelchair
basketball competition was "even more exciting" than he thought. "The players
showed amazing skills during the fast-paced match. Especially, the spectators
cheered for both teams with great enthusiasm, creating a warm atmosphere in the
stadium," he added.
A netizen posted in CCTV.com that he could feel
the charm of table tennis, China's national sport, in Thursday's gold match
in women's individual class 3.
"Nineteen-year-old Chinese paddler Li Qian beat
Slovakian Alena Kanova in three straight sets to claim the title. The whole
match was full of excitement, and the Chinese table tennis team deserves
the title of "dream team" just like its Olympic peer," Li added.
Not only absorbed in the tense
competition, netizens are also touched by the paralympians' striving
spirits, as it is not hard to notice that the disabled athletes have made
tremendous efforts to overcome numerous difficulties in their life -- to
live, to learn and to compete.
A bloger named "yqg93" said, "whether the
paralympians win medals or not, their participation in the Games is enough to
prove their excellence. Encouraging and motivating the world, they brought about
changes to the whole society's attitude towards the disabled people, and
helped everyone realize that the contribution by the people with disabilities is
of equal importance to the world."
In a post in sina.com, netizen Feng Decai said,
"I'm grateful that the Paralympics serve as a classroom where the para-atheletes
have given us a moving lesson. They taught us what is self-reliance,
perseverance and the dignity of life."
"I hope the Paralympic spirits will become a
source of motivation for our children, and the paralympians will be their role
models. Let our children grow up with a spirit of self-reliance," he added.
