Nanming table tennis player wins championship at National Games for Persons with Disabilities

Liu Yucong and her coach pose for a photo at the 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities. [Photo/WeChat of Nanming]

Table tennis player Liu Yucong from Nanming district in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, performed strongly at the 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 8th National Olympic Games.

Liu won the 16-21-year-old table tennis women's singles finals and took fourth place in the table tennis women's doubles.

Liu Yucong competes in the 16-21-year-old group table tennis women's singles finals. [Photo/WeChat of Nanming]

The 18-year-old Liu Yucong, who lives in Xinhua Road, Nanming district, has suffered from congenital mental retardation since childhood.

In 2016, the Guiyang Disabled Persons' Federation initiated the "Guiyang Special Olympics Athletes Five-Year Plan", recruiting dozens of people with intellectual disabilities from the city for professional sports training.

Liu was recruited for table tennis training as she showed strong talent and interest in the sport since childhood.

Liu Yucong poses for a photo with her gold medal in hand at the 11th National Games for Persons with Disabilities. [Photo/WeChat of Nanming]