(Beijing Winter Paralympic Games) The Chinese Winter Paralympic delegation sent 96 athletes and set three competition goals

  China News Service, Beijing, March 3 (Reporter Yu Zhanyi) The Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics will open on March 4.

The Chinese sports delegation sent 96 athletes to participate in all 6 major events and 73 small events. They set up three competition goals.

  On March 3, the State Council Information Office released a white paper on "Development of Sports and Rights Protection for Disabled Persons in China" and held a press conference.

Wang Meimei, vice chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, introduced the relevant situation at the meeting.

  Talking about the goals of the competition, Wang Meimei said that the first is to show the world the spirit of Chinese disabled people's unremitting self-improvement in the new era, the second is to show the development achievements of China's Winter Paralympic Games, and the third is to strive for success and glory for the country.

  She revealed that the Paralympic ice hockey, alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing and biathlon teams of the Chinese sports delegation have been staying in Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou Winter Paralympic Villages since February 25, and the wheelchair curling team has also On March 2, I stayed at the Beijing Paralympic Village.

  "At present, the athletes entering the village are undergoing pre-competition training, which mainly includes adapting to the venue, familiarizing themselves with the competition flow, improving the competition plan, and adjusting their psychological state. Everyone is looking forward to the upcoming competition." Wang Meimei said.

  Looking back on history, in 2002, China participated in the Salt Lake City Winter Paralympics for the first time.

In the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics, China sent 10 athletes to participate in the Paralympic cross-country skiing and wheelchair curling and other 2 major events and 6 small events.

In 2018, at the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, the wheelchair curling team won the championship, achieving a breakthrough of zero gold medals and zero medals in the Chinese Winter Paralympic Games.

  Wang Meimei said that from 2015 to 2021, China's Winter Paralympic Games have expanded from 2 to 6, achieving full coverage of the competition.

The number of athletes has also grown from less than 50 to nearly 1,000.

  More and more disabled people are feeling the charm of ice and snow sports, and it is not only limited to the competition field.

It is known that since 2016, relevant departments have held the "Snow Sports Season for Disabled Persons" for six consecutive years.

Winter sports activities for disabled people are also held in various regions according to local conditions.

"Created and promoted mini skiing, dryland skiing, dryland curling, ice kickball, ice skating, sled, sled, ice bike, snow football, ice dragon boat and other novel and interesting popular ice and snow sports events that are well-loved by the disabled. "Wang Meimei said.

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