On March 2, the fire seed collection ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games was held in the circle of Tiantan Park to collect the "fire of the Summer Olympics".
The picture shows torchbearer Hou Bin during the torch relay.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhao Jun
China News Service, Beijing, March 4th: The two "Olympics" blend together, and China and the world continue to "meet"
Author Wang Hao
The fire collected from Mandeville, England, the birthplace of the disabled sports spirit, has traveled across the ocean, and together with eight other fires, the "Nine Days of Fire" will light up the National Stadium "Bird's Nest" tonight.
As the world's first dual Olympic city, Beijing will enter the "Winter Paralympic Time".
Ice, snow and passion are blended here. This long-awaited pure agreement will write an epic about disabled athletes fighting against fate.
City of Two Olympics
That summer 14 years ago, the Chinese Olympic dream came true.
Beijing hosted an "unparalleled" Olympic Games and became the host of "one of the greatest Paralympic events of all time".
Fourteen years later, at the turn of winter and spring, Beijing became the first city with two Olympics in the world.
In 2008, "Beijing welcomes you"; now, China hopes to "together to the future" with the world.
Time flies, but this enthusiasm with open arms and sincerity in embracing the world has not changed at all.
The National Stadium "Bird's Nest" integrates the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics, Paralympics, Winter Olympics, and Winter Paralympics. , the city of Shuangao is even more splendid.
On February 28th, at Yunding Ski Park in Zhangjiakou Division, the conversion and preparations for the Winter Paralympic Games such as the track, guide signs, landscape images, and barrier-free facilities were ready. The athletes conducted unofficial training on the venue and officially entered the Winter Paralympic Games. time.
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The Beijing Paralympic Games have been praised by the world, and the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games will certainly be equally exciting.
At the beginning of its establishment, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee established the working principle of "simultaneous preparation, one post with two responsibilities" for the two Olympic Games.
After the closing of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the venues of the Winter Paralympic Games have been changed and adjusted, all to build a warm stage for the disabled athletes who are the protagonists.
The city of Shuangao, waiting for completion.
In 2008, Beijing stood at the center of the world stage. Under the "spotlight", Beijing dedicated an unparalleled Olympic Games to the world.
Following Beijing's successful bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube have historically become venues that have hosted both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Ping
Song of Destiny
In 1976, the first Winter Paralympics were held in Ornskoldswick, Sweden.
Since then, the Winter Paralympics have been held every four years, and Beijing is the 12th stop on the journey.
It's a journey against fate.
Wang Meng, who was born in 1988, participated in the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in 2018 as a member of the Chinese wheelchair curling team.
She and her teammates achieved a breakthrough of zero medals and gold medals in the history of the Chinese Winter Paralympics.
Wang Meng suffered from polio at the age of 1, which resulted in paralysis of both lower limbs.
She started with wheelchair table tennis and then switched to wheelchair curling and sports, which became her way of realizing her own value.
The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games ended the wheelchair curling final. The Chinese team defeated Norway 6-5 in overtime to win the first Winter Paralympic gold medal in the history of the Chinese delegation.
The temperature of the curling training venue is very low. Wang Meng needs to put on a warm baby before training to maintain his body temperature.
But she said: "For the dream, no matter how hard I work, I can persevere."
After winning the championship in Pyeongchang, Wang Meng and his teammates raised the national flag in tears.
Like Wang Meng, every movement, hit, and jump of all disabled athletes on the field is not only to complete the game, but to write their own epic destiny.
These athletes who have experienced hardships have become dazzling lights in the Winter Paralympics.
It is just like that bright "Nine Heavens Fire", enough to dispel any darkness.
On February 28, the Yunding Ski Park in Zhangjiakou Division, the track, guide signs, landscape images, barrier-free facilities and other Paralympic Winter Games conversion and preparations are ready. The picture shows volunteers familiarizing themselves with the streamline itinerary in Yunding Ski Park in Zhangjiakou Division .
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Ice and Snow Covenant
In 2015, Beijing won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and became the host of the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
This is the ice and snow agreement between China and the world.
"The City of Double Olympics" has always been waiting for this agreement with enthusiasm and sincerity.
The stage is set for disabled athletes.
Paralympic athletes from all over the world will work hard and shine on the field. The Beijing Winter Paralympics will show the spirit of unremitting self-improvement and tenacious struggle of disabled athletes.
Along with the Beijing Winter Paralympics, the cause of the disabled in China and the world will usher in a new stage of vigorous development.
On July 31, 2015, people in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province celebrated the success of Beijing's bid for the Winter Olympics.
On the same day, IOC President Bach announced that Beijing and Zhangjiakou will win the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Photo by Zhai Yujia
This is a warm and warm ice and snow appointment.
Just like Xue Rongrong, the mascot of the Beijing Winter Paralympics, the light emanates from the red lanterns. This grand event will surely light up dreams and warm the world.
Not only was it projected in the Winter and Paralympic Games, but the Chinese people's enthusiasm for ice and snow sports was more integrated into their lives.
Taking the preparations for the Winter Olympics as an opportunity, China's ice and snow sports are developing by leaps and bounds.
The vision of "driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports" has been realized, and more and more Chinese people feel the joy brought by ice and snow sports.
This is an ice and snow appointment that goes both ways.
For the Beijing Winter Olympics, athletes from all over the world gave high praise to the event organization.
The Paralympic athletes who are ready to go are also full of expectations for the Beijing Winter Paralympics.
"We are looking forward to this precious experience ahead of us more than winning a gold medal," said Jane Lee, a member of the U.S. Paralympic hockey team.
Appointment has come.
China joins hands with friends from all directions to move towards the future together.
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