(Beijing Winter Olympics) China will participate in all 6 major events of the Beijing Winter Paralympics
China News Service, Beijing, February 20 (Reporter Gao Kai) The Beijing Winter Paralympics will be held from March 4 to 13.
On the 20th, according to Yong Zhijun, deputy director of the Sports Department of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, China will participate in all six major events of the Beijing Winter Paralympics. The Chinese sports delegation will be officially established on the 21st and announced to the public.
At the 2022 Beijing News Center's special press conference on ice and snow sports for the disabled and the Beijing Winter Paralympics held on the 20th, the relevant persons in charge of the Sports Department of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, the Beijing Disabled Persons' Federation, and the Hebei Disabled Persons' Federation introduced the situation.
Yong Zhijun said that the Winter Paralympic Games will include 6 major events and 78 small events including wheelchair curling, Paralympic ice hockey, Paralympic cross-country skiing, Paralympic biathlon, Paralympic alpine skiing, and Paralympic snowboard. China will participate in all 6 major competitions. At present, the athletes are sprinting and preparing for training in 4 training bases including Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and Gansu.
"Although my country's Winter Paralympics started late, it has been catching up in recent years and gradually developing and growing." According to Yong Zhijun, before 2015, among the six major Winter Paralympic events, China only carried out Paralympic cross-country skiing. and wheelchair curling 2 major items.
In 2002, China sent four athletes to the Paralympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, USA for the first time.
In 2014, the Sochi Winter Paralympics opened in Russia. China sent 10 athletes to participate in the Paralympic cross-country skiing and wheelchair curling competitions in 2 major events and 6 minor events. Among them, the wheelchair curling team won the fourth place. It was the best result of China's participation in the Winter Paralympics at that time.
In July 2015, Beijing and Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, and the Chinese Winter Paralympics immediately ushered in a major development opportunity.
He introduced that since 2016, China has participated in many international Winter and Paralympic events, won many medals, and achieved "zero" breakthroughs in many projects.
In the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese wheelchair curling team won the championship, achieving a breakthrough of zero gold medals and zero medals in the history of the Chinese Winter Paralympic Games.
In 2021, China participated in the test activities of alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, wheelchair curling, and Paralympic ice hockey in the Beijing Winter Paralympics, achieving the purpose of training the team, improving the level, and getting familiar with the venue.
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