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10:50, September 05, 2012
LONDON, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's gold tally reached 53 at the London Paralympicson Tuesday, thanks to the start of the wheelchair fencing, while Australian para-swimmer Jacqueline Freney took her sixth gold medal from her sixth event to be themost crowned athlete.
China are topping the standings with 53 gold, 39 sliver, 40 bronze medals, followed byhosts Britain with 23-30-26, Russia 23-22-17, Ukraine 18-15-17, Australia 18-13-21,the United States 14-15-18 and Brazil 10-7-4.
The 12-gold wheelchair fencing kicked off and Chinese fencers entered all the fourfinals on Tuesday, clinching three golds and a sliver.
At the Beijing Paralympics, China took six gold medals in the wheelchair fencing.
Enjoying a flying start, the Chinese team manager Fan Hong is optimistic of taking moregolds than six in London.
He attributed the success to the players' hard training and the full support from thegovernment and the people.
"Fencing is a delicate sport, the wheelchair one in particular. You have to pay moreattention to every detail," Fan said.
"My fencers do very well in daily practise and they are very confident in their matches,"he added.
The seven gold medals collected by China on Tuesday were three from wheelchairfencing, two from track and field, one from archery, and one from swimming.
In the pool, it was six out of six so far for Australia's Freney. Tonight she set aParalympic record on her way to gold in the S7 women's 50m freestyle.
She had already been crowned in 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly, 100m backstroke, 200m individual medley and 4x100m freestyle relay.
With two more races to go, the 400m freestyle and 4x100m medley relay, Freney isexpected to bring about more surprises.
Born in 1992 and suffering cerebral palsy, Freney began competing in swimmingcarnivals on New South Wales' north coast at age six. Her parents managed publicswimming pools for a living and so swimming has always been a huge part of her life.
Her grandfather, Peter Freney, is an accomplished swimming coach. He coached topAustralian Paralympian Siobhan Paton and received a Medal of the Order of Australiafor services to swimming.
Freney was awarded an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship in May 2008, and thentook three bronze medals in the Beijing Paralympic Games.
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