The competition, which will run until March 13, in Beijing, gave way to the opening ceremony in the midst of a context of war and controversy due to the last-minute exclusions of Russia and Belarus. The president of the International Paralympic Committee gave his speech on the current war conflict and closed it exclaiming the word “peace”. The contest will have the venues distributed for the six disciplines; It will also have a women’s record and a more varied medal table due to the absence of the Russians.
This Friday, March 4, the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games had its official premiere at the emblematic ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium in the midst of the crisis caused by the war that broke out in Ukraine on February 24 and which led the authorities to disqualify athletes from Russia and Belarus.
The ceremony, which revolved around the war and constantly gave a message of peace, was bathed in emotion. The Ukrainian delegation was the fourth to make its appearance on the set and received loud ovations and applause from the other athletes and the public, which was attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping in the official box.
The Brazilian Andrew Parsons, the highest authority of the International Paralympic Committee, issued a committed message asking for harmony “in these horrible times.”
“We don’t want war, we hate it. We have to talk about diplomacy. We intend a more inclusive world, with less discrimination, without conflicts and without ignoring minorities or conflicts”, she expressed.
In addition, he asserted that sport “must help unite humanity and transform people’s lives.” “The Paralympic movement must be more united than ever against those who violate this type of right,” she added. He closed his statement by shouting “peace”.
Later, purple fireworks and a representation of the different disabilities that athletes carry (physical, visual, cerebral palsy), two children left the center of the stadium to approach a blind man and painted the Paralympic symbol red on his left hand , green and blue, which he then raised in a gesture of peace.
With the relay of the torch carried by various Chinese athletes with disabilities, it was placed in its traditional place to definitively open the 13th edition of the Winter Paralympic Games.
Without African athletes, representatives from 46 countries arrived in Beijing -Israel, Panama and Azerbaijan make their debut in an event of this type- to compete in the 78 medal events that will take place in six sports.
China will break its national participation record after bringing 96 athletes, more than triple that of Pyeongchang 2018, which had been its largest delegation with only 26.
Six sports in a new multi-venue event
With Paralympic villages at each site, this edition of the Paralympic Games will be similar to the Winter Olympics that ended in the Chinese capital recently. With 564 athletes, it equals the number of Pyeongchang 2018.
“It is a fantastic achievement to equal the record number of athletes competing at a Winter Paralympic Games, considering the challenges faced over the past two years,” said Parsons.
The athletes who attended will compete in the 78 medal events of the six sports that make up the program.
Alpine skiing will be the one that awards the most medals for its 30 competitions, followed closely by Nordic skiing with 20 and biathlon with 18. Then appear snowboarding (8), wheelchair curling and ice hockey with one each. .
On the other hand, in the National Center of Yanging, the technical and speed tests of alpine skiing will be developed; in Zhangjiakou, there will be snowboarding at the Gentling Snow Park, Biathlon and Nordic skiing at the National Biathlon Center.
The Russian exclusion, the characteristic of these Paralympics
The controversy that arose around the presence or not of the Russian and Belarusian delegations finally had its outcome with the exclusion at the last minute of the 83 athletes from both countries, who will not be able to participate even under the neutral flag.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), which on Wednesday had ratified that they would be able to compete, ended up rectifying itself last Thursday due to threats from other nations to withdraw from the event due to their disagreement.
“The change in the position of the IPC is due to the fact that in the last twelve hours a large number of countries contacted us and asked us to reconsider our decision or there would be serious consequences for the Games, threatening not to compete,” he justified. President Parsons in conference.
The Kremlin showed its outrage last Thursday at a situation they described as “monstrous.” Presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said it was “a shame for the IPC.”
“I can not say anything else. Yesterday (for Wednesday) they made a decision and now they adopt another, ”she concluded.
Sportingly, the absence of Russia will cause a greater distribution of medals for the other countries, given that they occupy the fifth historical position in the ranking. With 233 medals, they are only behind Norway, Germany, Austria and the United States.
Women’s record in paralympics
The JJ.PP. The Beijing Winter Games will have the largest historical participation of women in a competition of this style. There will be 138 athletes present, five more than those registered in PyeongChang 2018.
“I am delighted to see that the number of female athletes has grown tremendously to record levels,” celebrated International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons.
In addition, he added that while “there is still a lot of work to do to achieve gender parity”, the “significant” increase in female participation in the Winter Games in the last 20 years shows that they are going “in the right direction”.
with EFE
The competition, which will run until March 13, in Beijing, gave way to the opening ceremony in the midst of a context of war and controversy due to the last-minute exclusions of Russia and Belarus. The president of the International Paralympic Committee gave his speech on the current war conflict and closed it exclaiming the word “peace”. The contest will have the venues distributed for the six disciplines; It will also have a women’s record and a more varied medal table due to the absence of the Russians.
This Friday, March 4, the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games had its official premiere at the emblematic ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium in the midst of the crisis caused by the war that broke out in Ukraine on February 24 and which led the authorities to disqualify athletes from Russia and Belarus.
The ceremony, which revolved around the war and constantly gave a message of peace, was bathed in emotion. The Ukrainian delegation was the fourth to make its appearance on the set and received loud ovations and applause from the other athletes and the public, which was attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping in the official box.
The Brazilian Andrew Parsons, the highest authority of the International Paralympic Committee, issued a committed message asking for harmony “in these horrible times.”
“We don’t want war, we hate it. We have to talk about diplomacy. We intend a more inclusive world, with less discrimination, without conflicts and without ignoring minorities or conflicts”, she expressed.
In addition, he asserted that sport “must help unite humanity and transform people’s lives.” “The Paralympic movement must be more united than ever against those who violate this type of right,” she added. He closed his statement by shouting “peace”.
Later, purple fireworks and a representation of the different disabilities that athletes carry (physical, visual, cerebral palsy), two children left the center of the stadium to approach a blind man and painted the Paralympic symbol red on his left hand , green and blue, which he then raised in a gesture of peace.
With the relay of the torch carried by various Chinese athletes with disabilities, it was placed in its traditional place to definitively open the 13th edition of the Winter Paralympic Games.
Without African athletes, representatives from 46 countries arrived in Beijing -Israel, Panama and Azerbaijan make their debut in an event of this type- to compete in the 78 medal events that will take place in six sports.
China will break its national participation record after bringing 96 athletes, more than triple that of Pyeongchang 2018, which had been its largest delegation with only 26.
Six sports in a new multi-venue event
With Paralympic villages at each site, this edition of the Paralympic Games will be similar to the Winter Olympics that ended in the Chinese capital recently. With 564 athletes, it equals the number of Pyeongchang 2018.
“It is a fantastic achievement to equal the record number of athletes competing at a Winter Paralympic Games, considering the challenges faced over the past two years,” said Parsons.
The athletes who attended will compete in the 78 medal events of the six sports that make up the program.
Alpine skiing will be the one that awards the most medals for its 30 competitions, followed closely by Nordic skiing with 20 and biathlon with 18. Then appear snowboarding (8), wheelchair curling and ice hockey with one each. .
On the other hand, in the National Center of Yanging, the technical and speed tests of alpine skiing will be developed; in Zhangjiakou, there will be snowboarding at the Gentling Snow Park, Biathlon and Nordic skiing at the National Biathlon Center.
The Russian exclusion, the characteristic of these Paralympics
The controversy that arose around the presence or not of the Russian and Belarusian delegations finally had its outcome with the exclusion at the last minute of the 83 athletes from both countries, who will not be able to participate even under the neutral flag.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), which on Wednesday had ratified that they would be able to compete, ended up rectifying itself last Thursday due to threats from other nations to withdraw from the event due to their disagreement.
“The change in the position of the IPC is due to the fact that in the last twelve hours a large number of countries contacted us and asked us to reconsider our decision or there would be serious consequences for the Games, threatening not to compete,” he justified. President Parsons in conference.
The Kremlin showed its outrage last Thursday at a situation they described as “monstrous.” Presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said it was “a shame for the IPC.”
“I can not say anything else. Yesterday (for Wednesday) they made a decision and now they adopt another, ”she concluded.
Sportingly, the absence of Russia will cause a greater distribution of medals for the other countries, given that they occupy the fifth historical position in the ranking. With 233 medals, they are only behind Norway, Germany, Austria and the United States.
Women’s record in paralympics
The JJ.PP. The Beijing Winter Games will have the largest historical participation of women in a competition of this style. There will be 138 athletes present, five more than those registered in PyeongChang 2018.
“I am delighted to see that the number of female athletes has grown tremendously to record levels,” celebrated International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons.
In addition, he added that while “there is still a lot of work to do to achieve gender parity”, the “significant” increase in female participation in the Winter Games in the last 20 years shows that they are going “in the right direction”.
with EFE
The competition, which will run until March 13, in Beijing, gave way to the opening ceremony in the midst of a context of war and controversy due to the last-minute exclusions of Russia and Belarus. The president of the International Paralympic Committee gave his speech on the current war conflict and closed it exclaiming the word “peace”. The contest will have the venues distributed for the six disciplines; It will also have a women’s record and a more varied medal table due to the absence of the Russians.
This Friday, March 4, the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games had its official premiere at the emblematic ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium in the midst of the crisis caused by the war that broke out in Ukraine on February 24 and which led the authorities to disqualify athletes from Russia and Belarus.
The ceremony, which revolved around the war and constantly gave a message of peace, was bathed in emotion. The Ukrainian delegation was the fourth to make its appearance on the set and received loud ovations and applause from the other athletes and the public, which was attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping in the official box.
The Brazilian Andrew Parsons, the highest authority of the International Paralympic Committee, issued a committed message asking for harmony “in these horrible times.”
“We don’t want war, we hate it. We have to talk about diplomacy. We intend a more inclusive world, with less discrimination, without conflicts and without ignoring minorities or conflicts”, she expressed.
In addition, he asserted that sport “must help unite humanity and transform people’s lives.” “The Paralympic movement must be more united than ever against those who violate this type of right,” she added. He closed his statement by shouting “peace”.
Later, purple fireworks and a representation of the different disabilities that athletes carry (physical, visual, cerebral palsy), two children left the center of the stadium to approach a blind man and painted the Paralympic symbol red on his left hand , green and blue, which he then raised in a gesture of peace.
With the relay of the torch carried by various Chinese athletes with disabilities, it was placed in its traditional place to definitively open the 13th edition of the Winter Paralympic Games.
Without African athletes, representatives from 46 countries arrived in Beijing -Israel, Panama and Azerbaijan make their debut in an event of this type- to compete in the 78 medal events that will take place in six sports.
China will break its national participation record after bringing 96 athletes, more than triple that of Pyeongchang 2018, which had been its largest delegation with only 26.
Six sports in a new multi-venue event
With Paralympic villages at each site, this edition of the Paralympic Games will be similar to the Winter Olympics that ended in the Chinese capital recently. With 564 athletes, it equals the number of Pyeongchang 2018.
“It is a fantastic achievement to equal the record number of athletes competing at a Winter Paralympic Games, considering the challenges faced over the past two years,” said Parsons.
The athletes who attended will compete in the 78 medal events of the six sports that make up the program.
Alpine skiing will be the one that awards the most medals for its 30 competitions, followed closely by Nordic skiing with 20 and biathlon with 18. Then appear snowboarding (8), wheelchair curling and ice hockey with one each. .
On the other hand, in the National Center of Yanging, the technical and speed tests of alpine skiing will be developed; in Zhangjiakou, there will be snowboarding at the Gentling Snow Park, Biathlon and Nordic skiing at the National Biathlon Center.
The Russian exclusion, the characteristic of these Paralympics
The controversy that arose around the presence or not of the Russian and Belarusian delegations finally had its outcome with the exclusion at the last minute of the 83 athletes from both countries, who will not be able to participate even under the neutral flag.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), which on Wednesday had ratified that they would be able to compete, ended up rectifying itself last Thursday due to threats from other nations to withdraw from the event due to their disagreement.
“The change in the position of the IPC is due to the fact that in the last twelve hours a large number of countries contacted us and asked us to reconsider our decision or there would be serious consequences for the Games, threatening not to compete,” he justified. President Parsons in conference.
The Kremlin showed its outrage last Thursday at a situation they described as “monstrous.” Presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said it was “a shame for the IPC.”
“I can not say anything else. Yesterday (for Wednesday) they made a decision and now they adopt another, ”she concluded.
Sportingly, the absence of Russia will cause a greater distribution of medals for the other countries, given that they occupy the fifth historical position in the ranking. With 233 medals, they are only behind Norway, Germany, Austria and the United States.
Women’s record in paralympics
The JJ.PP. The Beijing Winter Games will have the largest historical participation of women in a competition of this style. There will be 138 athletes present, five more than those registered in PyeongChang 2018.
“I am delighted to see that the number of female athletes has grown tremendously to record levels,” celebrated International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons.
In addition, he added that while “there is still a lot of work to do to achieve gender parity”, the “significant” increase in female participation in the Winter Games in the last 20 years shows that they are going “in the right direction”.
with EFE
The competition, which will run until March 13, in Beijing, gave way to the opening ceremony in the midst of a context of war and controversy due to the last-minute exclusions of Russia and Belarus. The president of the International Paralympic Committee gave his speech on the current war conflict and closed it exclaiming the word “peace”. The contest will have the venues distributed for the six disciplines; It will also have a women’s record and a more varied medal table due to the absence of the Russians.
This Friday, March 4, the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games had its official premiere at the emblematic ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium in the midst of the crisis caused by the war that broke out in Ukraine on February 24 and which led the authorities to disqualify athletes from Russia and Belarus.
The ceremony, which revolved around the war and constantly gave a message of peace, was bathed in emotion. The Ukrainian delegation was the fourth to make its appearance on the set and received loud ovations and applause from the other athletes and the public, which was attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping in the official box.
The Brazilian Andrew Parsons, the highest authority of the International Paralympic Committee, issued a committed message asking for harmony “in these horrible times.”
“We don’t want war, we hate it. We have to talk about diplomacy. We intend a more inclusive world, with less discrimination, without conflicts and without ignoring minorities or conflicts”, she expressed.
In addition, he asserted that sport “must help unite humanity and transform people’s lives.” “The Paralympic movement must be more united than ever against those who violate this type of right,” she added. He closed his statement by shouting “peace”.
Later, purple fireworks and a representation of the different disabilities that athletes carry (physical, visual, cerebral palsy), two children left the center of the stadium to approach a blind man and painted the Paralympic symbol red on his left hand , green and blue, which he then raised in a gesture of peace.
With the relay of the torch carried by various Chinese athletes with disabilities, it was placed in its traditional place to definitively open the 13th edition of the Winter Paralympic Games.
Without African athletes, representatives from 46 countries arrived in Beijing -Israel, Panama and Azerbaijan make their debut in an event of this type- to compete in the 78 medal events that will take place in six sports.
China will break its national participation record after bringing 96 athletes, more than triple that of Pyeongchang 2018, which had been its largest delegation with only 26.
Six sports in a new multi-venue event
With Paralympic villages at each site, this edition of the Paralympic Games will be similar to the Winter Olympics that ended in the Chinese capital recently. With 564 athletes, it equals the number of Pyeongchang 2018.
“It is a fantastic achievement to equal the record number of athletes competing at a Winter Paralympic Games, considering the challenges faced over the past two years,” said Parsons.
The athletes who attended will compete in the 78 medal events of the six sports that make up the program.
Alpine skiing will be the one that awards the most medals for its 30 competitions, followed closely by Nordic skiing with 20 and biathlon with 18. Then appear snowboarding (8), wheelchair curling and ice hockey with one each. .
On the other hand, in the National Center of Yanging, the technical and speed tests of alpine skiing will be developed; in Zhangjiakou, there will be snowboarding at the Gentling Snow Park, Biathlon and Nordic skiing at the National Biathlon Center.
The Russian exclusion, the characteristic of these Paralympics
The controversy that arose around the presence or not of the Russian and Belarusian delegations finally had its outcome with the exclusion at the last minute of the 83 athletes from both countries, who will not be able to participate even under the neutral flag.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC), which on Wednesday had ratified that they would be able to compete, ended up rectifying itself last Thursday due to threats from other nations to withdraw from the event due to their disagreement.
“The change in the position of the IPC is due to the fact that in the last twelve hours a large number of countries contacted us and asked us to reconsider our decision or there would be serious consequences for the Games, threatening not to compete,” he justified. President Parsons in conference.
The Kremlin showed its outrage last Thursday at a situation they described as “monstrous.” Presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov said it was “a shame for the IPC.”
“I can not say anything else. Yesterday (for Wednesday) they made a decision and now they adopt another, ”she concluded.
Sportingly, the absence of Russia will cause a greater distribution of medals for the other countries, given that they occupy the fifth historical position in the ranking. With 233 medals, they are only behind Norway, Germany, Austria and the United States.
Women’s record in paralympics
The JJ.PP. The Beijing Winter Games will have the largest historical participation of women in a competition of this style. There will be 138 athletes present, five more than those registered in PyeongChang 2018.
“I am delighted to see that the number of female athletes has grown tremendously to record levels,” celebrated International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons.
In addition, he added that while “there is still a lot of work to do to achieve gender parity”, the “significant” increase in female participation in the Winter Games in the last 20 years shows that they are going “in the right direction”.
with EFE