Aman sets a record in Swimming Competition, Tells Daughter He Made It Without Hands Friday

in Swimming Competition, Tells Daughter He Made It Without Hands Friday, September 03, 2021 at 10:17 AM by Joseph Omotayo A 30-year-old armless man, Zheng Tao, has broken a record at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Paralympic competition Zheng won a total of four gold medals, bringing his overall career medal wins to a great number of nine Immediately after winning his last swimming contest, he video-called his daughter and told her he did it despite not having hands.

A man without arms, Zheng Tao, has dominated the Paralympic swimming games going on in Tokyo as he won a total number of four golds. BBC reports that after winning the medals at the contest, he told his daughter in a video message

“Daughter, look at me - I can swim so fast even though I don’t have arms!”

A world record set The same media gathered that to prepare for the competition, the man had to swim at least 10km daily. It should be noted that the 30-year-old man started swimming at the young teenage age of 13.

Zheng has so far won a total number of nine Paralympic medals in his career as a professional swimmer. Daily Mail reports that the man set a record in the 50m backstroke contest on Monday, August 30.