Ling Yong (; born 1978) is a

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from

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

competing in P54-58 pentathlon events (seated shot put, seated javelin throw, 200m wheelchair sprint, seated discus throw, 1500m wheelchair race). Ling contracted

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in his youth. He began competing in wheelchair marathons in 1999. He competed in the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

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. There he won a gold medal in the men's Pentathlon – P54-58 event with a world record performance that still stands in January 2013.

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* Paralympic athletes for China Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for China Living people Chinese pentathletes World record holders in para-athletics 1978 births Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) 21st-century Chinese people {{PRChina-Paralympic-medalist-stub