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LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 30: A sign reading "Chasing a dream with his whole family behind him!" stands next to the wheelchair of Bob Hudson of Canada during the ranking round match on day 1 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at The Royal Artillery Barracks on August 30, 2012 in London, England.
China gets Paralympics' first gold, topping medal table
Similar as the London Olympics, China took the Paralympic Games' first title and topped the medal table with six gold, six silver and three bronze medals on Thursday, the first matchday of the London Paralympics.
Chinese shooter Zhang Cuiping pocketed the Games' first gold in the women's R2-10m air rifle standing with 500.9 points and broke the 10-year-old world record of 499.3 points kept by South Korean Kim Im-Yeon.
Zhang, 25, who became a national team member in 2006 and collected two silver medals at the Beijing Paralympics, fulfilled her gold dream in London 2012. She started her shooting practise about nine years ago, despite suffering spinal cord injuries when she was three years old.
Zhang's coach Wang Ping told Xinhua, "Zhang is a veteran, but she trains very hard. She has a great mental strength. In a sense, she was born to be a shooter."
"I even didn't want to put down my rifle after the 10th shot in the final. I want to enjoy that moment," said Zhang after the final.
"I just showed my normal form. During my regular training, I could make one or two points more."
The first London Olympics gold medal was also taken by a Chinese female shooter named Yi Siling. Zhang watched live broadcast a month ago and appraised Yi as an "inspirational idol".
China's other five gold medals came from cyclist Li Zhangyu in men's individual C1 1km time trial, cyclist Zeng Sini in women's individual C2 pursuit, swimmer Lu Dong in women's 100m backstroke S6, swimmer Du Jianping in men's 50m breaststroke SB2, and swimmer Zheng Tao in men's 100m backstroke S6.
On the medal table, China was followed by Australia with three gold, three silver and three bronze medals, hosts Britain 2-3-2, Ukraine 2-2-4, Germany 2-2-2, Russia 2-1-1, the United States 1-1- 4 and Brazil 1-1-1.
Other teams taking one gold include Canada, Turkey, South Korea, New Zealand, Azerbaijian, France, Hungary, Nigeria and South Africa.
A total of 11 world records were refreshed Thursday.
Great Britain's Joni Pollock has his shot blocked by Germany's Jan Haller at the North Greenwich arena.
Ade Orogbemi of Great Britain takes a shot during the Group B Preliminary Men's Wheelchair Basketball match against Germany on day 1 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at The North Greenwich Arena on August 30, 2012 in London, England.
Amber Merritt of Australia scores during the Group A Preliminary Womens Wheelchair Basketball match between Australia and Brazil on day 1 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Basketball Arena on August 30, 2012 in London, England.
Cobi Crispin of Australia scores past Lia Maria Soares Martins of Brazil during the Group A Preliminary Women's Wheelchair Basketball match between Australia and Brazil on day 1 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Basketball Arena on August 30, 2012 in London, England.
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One-armed table tennis player Natalia Partyka has won golds and silvers in both the Olympics and Paralympics
The 23-year-old took gold in the singles event and a silver in the team event at the Athens Olympics Games in 2004 when she was just 15
Natalia Partyka of Poland serves during her Women's Singles C10 table tennis classification match against Umran Ertis of Turkey at the London 2012 Paralympic Games August 30, 2012.
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Now Paralympic Games is hit by ticketing farce as hundreds of seats are left empty on first day of competition
Spectators at the Paralympic Games were blocked from filling hundreds of empty seats today as a ticket fiasco broke out during the first day of competition.
Just weeks after empty venues mired the start of the Olympic Games, angry sports fans have accused organisers of failing to learn from their mistakes
More than 400 seats were left empty for the powerlifting event at the Excel Centre today - but fans with day tickets were banned from filling them because officials were told the venue was full.
Team GB fans queued outside the venue hoping to see home favourite Anthony Peddle compete in the men's 48kg group.
But they were told the venue was full, despite huge chunks of the auditorium sitting empty.
One furious spectator said: 'It's a farce. You would have thought the organisers would have learned after the Olympic ticket fiasco.'
When questioned, officials insisted: 'We have been told it is full so we are not allowing people in.
Elsewhere there were hundreds of empty seats at the Basketball Arena for the wheelchair match between USA and Turkey.
Angry fans who had been told the game was a sell-out were forced to watch the half empty venue on giant screens in the Olympic park.
Earlier on Thursday the swimming competition kicked off in a barely half-full Aquatics Centre.
When challenged about the empty seats, organisers Locog insisted blamed late arrivals.
Locog were forced to draft in volunteers and members of the armed forces after a similar ticket farce during the opening stages of the Olympic Games.
Huge swathes of seats were left empty by sponsors and members of the 'Olympic Family' who were given tickets and failed to use them.
A Locog spokesman was unavailable to comment on the empty seats at today's weightlifting event.
The ticket farce came just hours after millions tuned into a spectacular opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium.
More than 11 million British viewers watched Channel 4's coverage of a performance that included cameos by Sir Ian McKellen, Steven Hawking and singer Beverley Knight.
Spectators at the Paralympic Games were blocked from filling hundreds of empty seats today as a ticket fiasco broke out during the first day of competition.
Just weeks after empty venues mired the start of the Olympic Games, angry sports fans have accused organisers of failing to learn from their mistakes
More than 400 seats were left empty for the powerlifting event at the Excel Centre today - but fans with day tickets were banned from filling them because officials were told the venue was full.
Team GB fans queued outside the venue hoping to see home favourite Anthony Peddle compete in the men's 48kg group.
But they were told the venue was full, despite huge chunks of the auditorium sitting empty.
One furious spectator said: 'It's a farce. You would have thought the organisers would have learned after the Olympic ticket fiasco.'
When questioned, officials insisted: 'We have been told it is full so we are not allowing people in.
Elsewhere there were hundreds of empty seats at the Basketball Arena for the wheelchair match between USA and Turkey.
Angry fans who had been told the game was a sell-out were forced to watch the half empty venue on giant screens in the Olympic park.
Earlier on Thursday the swimming competition kicked off in a barely half-full Aquatics Centre.
When challenged about the empty seats, organisers Locog insisted blamed late arrivals.
Locog were forced to draft in volunteers and members of the armed forces after a similar ticket farce during the opening stages of the Olympic Games.
Huge swathes of seats were left empty by sponsors and members of the 'Olympic Family' who were given tickets and failed to use them.
A Locog spokesman was unavailable to comment on the empty seats at today's weightlifting event.
The ticket farce came just hours after millions tuned into a spectacular opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium.
More than 11 million British viewers watched Channel 4's coverage of a performance that included cameos by Sir Ian McKellen, Steven Hawking and singer Beverley Knight.
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