Cong Jihong
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| Born | 25 April 1999 Liaoning, China | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | China | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic Nordic skiing | ||||||||||||||
| Disability | Visually impaired | ||||||||||||||
| Disability class | NS3 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cong Jihong (born 25 April 1999) is a Chinese Paralympic Nordic skier. She represented China at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
Career
In February 2026, Cong was selected to represent China at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.[1] She won a bronze medal in the sprint visually impaired event with a time of 3:30.2.[2] Leonie Walter was initially on the podium, however, she was downgraded for infringing the classic style.[3]
References
- ^ "China to send 70 athletes to Milan-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games". people.cn. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Nilsen, Masters, Liu and Adicoff among Sprint winners as Ribera makes Paralympic history". fis-ski.com. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
- ^ "Para cross-country skiing: the visually impaired classic sprint for Anastasiia Bagiian and Jake Adicoff". Nordic Mag. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
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