Yang Hongqiong named flag bearer of China at closing ceremony of Beijing 2022 Paralympics

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Yang Hongqiong of China celebrates after the para cross-country skiing women's middle distance sitting final of Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, March 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)

Yang Hongqiong was announced on Sunday to be the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.

Yang became one of the most decorated Chinese Paralympians after the cross-country skier clinched the women's middle distance sitting gold on Saturday.

The 32-year-old Paralympic debutant has become the first Chinese Para skier to collect three gold medals at a single Games after her victories in long distance and sprint sitting.

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