The first gold medal day of the lawn bowls event at the Asian Para Games fell on Oct 24. The Chinese team achieved excellent results, sweeping the first two gold medals and winning two gold and one silver for the Chinese delegation.

Song Jinqi from Quzhou won the gold medal in the men's individual B3 event, and Wu Yanfeng from Quzhou won the silver medal in the women's individual B3 event. The award ceremony will be held on the evening of Oct 25.

Lawn bowls is an official competition of the Hangzhou Asian Para Games. It originated in the British court and has a history of hundreds of years. During the competition, athletes from both sides take turns throwing balls towards a target ball that is thrown out in advance, and the side closer to the target ball scores. Because the rules are similar to curling, lawn bowls is also known as “lawn curling”.

Lawn bowls became an official competition event for the first time at the 2014 Incheon Asian Para Games. The lawn bowls event of this year’s Asian Para Games has 24 sub-events in eight levels each for men's singles, women's singles, and mixed doubles. The competition will be held from Oct 21 to 27.

Song Jinqi competes in the men's individual B3 event. [Photo/qz123.com]

Wu Yanfeng competes in the women's individual B3 event. [Photo/qz123.com]