The number of female athletes participating in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games hits a record high in the Paralympics
CCTV News: The Paralympic Games provides a stage for disabled athletes from various countries to show themselves. They are not to beat their opponents, but to surpass themselves.
So, what is the meaning of the Paralympic logo?
At this Paralympic Games, which projects appeared for the first time?
Next, let's learn some little knowledge about the Paralympics through a short video.
The English expression of the Paralympics is "Paralympic", derived from the Greek preposition "para" (meaning side by side with something), which is used as a prefix, combined with "Olympic" ("Olympic"), which means "Paralympic" "Meeting" parallels the "Olympics" and symbolizes equality.
The Paralympic Games logo is composed of red, blue, and green arcs. The three arcs surround a center, symbolizing that the Paralympics unites athletes from all over the world to compete on the same field.
The mascot of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games is Someity, the name comes from the Japanese "Somei Yoshino" and the English phrase "so mighty".
"Somei Yoshino" is a popular cherry blossom variety, and "so mighty" is translated as omnipotent.
In order to facilitate the visually disabled players to distinguish the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic medal category, the side of the medal has a unique design, which is the first time in the history of the Paralympic Games.
One indentation represents a gold medal, two represents a silver medal, and three represents a bronze medal.
The front of the medal is also engraved with "Tokyo 2020" in Braille.
The number of female athletes participating in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games hit a record high in the Paralympic Games.
The qualification quota of the International Paralympic Committee shows that female athletes accounted for 40.5% of the total number of contestants, the specific number is 1782; the Rio Paralympic Games is 1,671, accounting for 38.6%.
Badminton and Taekwondo will appear in Tokyo as a Paralympic event for the first time.
Among the Paralympic sports, only boccia and blind goalball have no corresponding Olympic events.
Tokyo hosted the Paralympic Games for the first time in 1964, becoming the first city in history to host the Paralympic Games twice.