China, for the first time, sent players to compete with disabilities in the arrival of the Second International Dragon Boat Rally of China Yangtze Three Gorges Tourism Festival, according to the China Disabled Persons Federation (CDPF).
The team of Chinese dragon boat, consisting of 10 rowers and 10 rowers blind blind part in the event, to be held in Zigui County of Hubei Province, June 6.
The team name is "hand in the same boat, " said a spokesman of the China Association of the Blind (CAB), which is affiliated with the CDPF.
The Chinese team's formation, which is co-sponsored by the CAB and the city of Yichang Association for the Blind, gives these people with disabilities to participate in sports games, along with people without disabilities in the same field, the spokesman said .
A player is not blind, Yan Changyu is the president of Yichang and a successful entrepreneur. Yan has trained more than 400 massagists blind and open their own massage parlors.
Members of other athletes are blind or people with business experience Yan.
The dragon boat races are a highlight of the activities of China's annual Duanwu (Dragon Boat) Festival.
According to the latest official statistics, China has more than 12 million blind people, of which 5 million people who are completely blind.
