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Sport | Paralympic biathlon | |||||||||||||||||
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Liu Zixu is a Chinese biathlete who competed at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Liu represented China at the 2022 Winter Paralympics and won a gold medal in the men's 6 kilometres men's sprint Sitting Para Biathlon. [1] This was China's first gold medal at the 2022 Winter Paralympics, and their second-ever Winter Paralympics gold. [2] He also won a bronze medal in the men's 12.5 kilometres event. [3]
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten biathlon events. They were held at the Cesana-San Sicario arena. The events began on 11 February and ended on 25 February 2006. Approximately 6,500 spectators were expected by the organizing committee. In these games, biathlon events were open to both men and women but they raced in different distances in their own events.
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