2022 Winter Paralympics
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| Host city | Beijing, China |
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| Events | 78 in 6 sports |
| Opening | 4 March |
| Closing | 13 March |
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| Cauldron | TBA |
| Stadium | Beijing National Stadium |
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The 2022 Winter Paralympics (Chinese: 2022年冬季残疾人奥林匹克运动会; pinyin: 2022 Nián Dōngjì Cánjí Rén Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì), officially known as the XIII Paralympic Winter Games and commonly known as Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games is an international winter multi-sport event for disabled athletes that is scheduled to take place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 4 to 13 March 2022.
Beijing will become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Paralympics. The 2022 Winter Paralympics will be the first Winter Paralympics held in China and the second overall Paralympics in China after the Beijing 2008 Summer Paralympics. China will become the third country in Asia to host the Winter Paralympics after Japan (Nagano 1998) and South Korea (PyeongChang 2018).
Host selection[edit]
As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001,[1] the winner of the bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics was also to host the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Beijing was selected as the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics after beating Almaty by four votes on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
| City | Nation | Votes |
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| Beijing |  China
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44 |
| Almaty |  Kazakhstan
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40 |
Opening ceremony[edit]
The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held on 4 March 2022.
Closing ceremony[edit]
The closing ceremony is scheduled to be held on 13 March 2022.
Sports[edit]
78 events in 5 sports will be held during the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[2] In June 2019, the IPC dropped four of the six proposed disciplines for women's snowboarding (leaving only LL2 banked slalom and snowboard cross), as they did not meet the required viability benchmarks during the World Para Snowboard Championships.[3]
Alpine skiing (30) ()- Nordic skiing
Biathlon (18) ()
Cross-country skiing (20) ()
Para ice hockey (1) ()
Snowboarding (8) ()
Wheelchair curling (1) ()
Venues[edit]
Beijing Cluster[edit]
- Olympic Green venues
- Beijing National Aquatics Center – curling
- Beijing National Indoor Stadium – ice sledge hockey
- Beijing National Stadium – opening,awarding and closing ceremonies
- Beijing Paralympic Village
- China National Convention Center – MPC/IBC
Yanqing District Cluster[edit]
- Xiaohaituo Alpine Skiing Field – alpine skiing
- Yanqing MMC: Media Center
- Yanqing Paralympic Village
Zhangjiakou Cluster[edit]
- Kuyangshu Biathlon Field – cross-country skiing
- Hualindong Ski Resort – biathlon
- Genting Resort – Media Center
- Taiwu Ski Resort – snowboarding
- Zhangjiakou Medals Plaza
- Zhangjiakou Paralympic Village
Participating nations[edit]
On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with lab data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA will allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2022 Winter Paralympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. On 26 April 2021, it was confirmed Russian athletes would represent the Russian Paralympic Committee, with the acronym "RPC".[4]
As of 26 January 2022[update], the following 16 National Paralympic Committees have qualified athletes. One of them will make their début at the Winter Paralympics, Israel. Two of them will comeback to the games will be back after some years of hiatus: Estonia, will return to the Games, 20 years after the last participation in Salt Lake City 2002 and Latvia that will also return after 16 years after the last participation in Turin 2006.
| Participating National Paralympic Committees |
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Calendar[edit]
In the following calendar for the 2022 Winter Paralympics, each blue box represents an event competition. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport are held. The number in each yellow box represents the number of finals that are contested on that day.[7]
| ● | Opening ceremony | Event competitions | Event finals | ● | Closing ceremony |
| March | Fri 4th |
Sat 5th |
Sun 6th |
Mon 7th |
Tue 8th |
Wed 9th |
Thu 10th |
Fri 11th |
Sat 12th |
Sun 13th |
Gold Medals |
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| Ceremonies | OC | CC | N/A | ||||||||
| Alpine skiing | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30 | |||
| Biathlon | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||||||
| Cross-country skiing | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | |||||
| Para ice hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||
| Snowboarding | ● | 4 | ● | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| Wheelchair curling | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 0 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 78 |
Branding[edit]
Emblem[edit]
The emblem for the 2022 Winter Paralympics, "Flying High" ("飞得很高"), was unveiled alongside its Olympic counterpart on 15 December 2017 at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. Designed by Lin Cunzhen, it is a multi-coloured ribbon resembling the Chinese character for "fly" (飞"), and is designed to symbolize "an athlete in a wheelchair rushing towards the finish line and victory".[8] In September 2020, the emblem was updated to reflect new IPC brand guidelines, including the updated Paralympic emblem (marking the first Games to use them in an official capacity), and the removal of the "Paralympic Games" subtitle from the emblems of future Paralympics.[9]
Mascot[edit]
The mascot "Shuey Rhon Rhon" (Chinese: 雪容融; pinyin: Xuě Róng Róng) was unveiled on 17 September 2019 at the Shougang Ice Hockey Arena and was designed by Jiang Yufan.[10] The mascot is designed with lanterns as the prototype. Lanterns represent harvest, celebration, warmth and light. The wishful shape at the top symbolizes auspicious happiness; the continuous pattern of the dove of peace and the Temple of Heaven symbolizes the peaceful friendship and highlights the characteristics of the place where the place is held; the decorative pattern incorporates the traditional Chinese paper-cut art; the snow on the face represents the meaning of "a fall of seasonable snow gives promise of a fruitful year" (Chinese: 瑞雪兆丰年; pinyin: Ruìxuě zhào fēngnián). It also reflects the anthropomorphic design and highlights the mascot's cuteness.
See also[edit]
- 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2008 Summer Paralympics
- 2021 Summer Universiade
- 2022 Winter Olympics
- 2021 Asian Beach Games
- 2021 Asian Youth Games
- 2022 Asian Games
- 2022 Asian Para Games
Notes[edit]
- ^ Xi Jinping is current China's de jure head of state, serving as Chinese President. Xi is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party, the most powerful position in China, serving as the de facto leader of China.
- ^ Neutral athletes from Russia, competing under the flag of the Russian Paralympic Committee
References[edit]
- ^ "Paralympics 2012: London to host 'first truly global Games'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Beijing 2022-Qualification Criteria". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 9 September 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "IPC Governing Board meet in Rome". International Paralympic Committee. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 26 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "IPC confirm details regarding RPC's Paralympic Games participation". International Paralympic Committee. 26 April 2021. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ^ BPC, Assessoria de Comunicação do Comitê Paralímpico Brasileiro. "É amanhã! CPB e CBDN convocam atletas para os Jogos Paralímpicos de Inverno Pequim 2022 em live". Brazilian Paralympic Committee.
- ^ Israel, Eliott Brennan. "Israel to participate in Winter Paralympic Games for first time at Beijing 2022". Inside the Games.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Competition Schedule Version 2.3" (PDF). Beijing 2022 Official Website. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 unveils official Paralympic emblem". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "Beijing 2022 revise emblem for Paralympic Winter Games". 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 15 January 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "北京2022年冬残奥会吉祥物阐释". beijing2022.cn. 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 18 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
External links[edit]
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