[Commentary] On the morning of March 3, the torch of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games was passed in the Zhangjiakou competition area. The relay points were Zhangjiakou Civic Square, Chongli Taiwu Ski Resort, Yuxian Nuanquan Ancient Town, and Huailai Guanting Reservoir National Wetland. garden.

At Zhangjiakou Citizen Square, with the entry of the Winter Paralympic fire, the fire guard lit the torch and handed it over to Wu Weidong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Zhangjiakou Municipal Party Committee.

After Wu Weidong greeted the audience, he handed it over to the first torchbearer, Ding Yukun, known as the "Wheelchair Angel", to start the torch relay at Zhangjiakou Civic Square.

The transmission distance of this point is about 1.4 kilometers.

  [Concurrent] Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Torchbearer Ding Yukun

  Congratulations to our great motherland for hosting such a grand event. It is a very proud thing for the disabled, and it also promotes the improvement of the accessibility (environment) of the disabled. We see the spirit of struggle and improvement of the Winter Paralympic athletes. It also inspires each of us with disabilities, and enables us to move forward bravely despite difficulties in life and work.

  [Explanation] After the relay in Zhangjiakou Citizen Square, the torch of the Beijing Winter Paralympics came to the Chongli Taiwu Ski Resort to be relayed.

This is the only full snow relay in this torch relay event.

The theme of the torch relay event at Taiwu Ski Resort is "Dancing Snow Rhyme", which aims to realize the goal of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports", and to demonstrate the great enthusiasm of the Chinese people to participate in ice and snow sports and the high-quality development of China's ice and snow industry. results.

As a weightlifting coach, Sun Xiaogang led the team to win a gold medal in the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games, 3 golds and 2 silvers in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, and broke a world record.

It was an honorable experience to be a torchbearer, he said.

  [Concurrent] Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Torchbearer Sun Xiaogang

  It is an honor and an inspiration to me. It inspires me to use the platform of the Beijing (Winter) Paralympic Games to let more people know about disabled sports, let more disabled friends participate in sports, and let them experience The charm of sports, feel the joy of sports, and convey the spirit of carrying forward the Paralympic Games.

  [Explanation] Afterwards, the torch was passed in turn in the ancient town of Nuanquan in Yuxian County and the Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park in Huailai.

After the relay in the Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park in Huailai, the torch of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games will be relayed at the next o'clock in the Beijing Expo Park in the afternoon of the same day.

It is understood that from March 2 to 4, the torch relay of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games will be held in Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou.

  Reported by Chen Shiyu, Zhang Jing, Hua Ning, Zhangjiakou

Responsible editor: [Lu Yan]