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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 the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games, are an international winter multi-sport parasports event scheduled to take place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 4 to 13 March 2022.

XIII Paralympic Winter Games
2022 Winter Paralympics logo.svg
Host cityBeijing, China
Motto
  • Together for a Shared Future
  • (Chinese: 一起向未来)
Nations49
Athletes650+[1]
Events78 in 6 sports
Opening4 March
Closing13 March
Opened by
President Xi Jinping (expected)
Cauldron
TBA
StadiumBeijing National Stadium
Winter
Summer
2022 Winter Olympics

Beijing was selected as host city in 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking its second time hosting the Paralympics.

Host selectionEdit

Main article: Bids for the 2022 Winter Olympics

As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001,[2] 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.

2022 Winter Olympics bidding results
City Nation Votes
Beijing   China 44
Almaty   Kazakhstan 40

Opening ceremonyEdit

Main article: 2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony

The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held on 4 March 2022.

Closing ceremonyEdit

Main article: 2022 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony

The closing ceremony is scheduled to be held on 13 March 2022.

SportsEdit

Seventy-eight events in five sports will be held during the 2022 Winter Paralympics, two lower than 2018.[3] 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 2019 World Para Snowboard Championships.[4]

VenuesEdit

 
Paralympic clusters

Beijing clusterEdit

Olympic Green venues

Yanqing District clusterEdit

Zhangjiakou clusterEdit

Participating National Paralympics CommitteesEdit

As of 2 March 2022, a record 49 National Paralympic Committees have qualified athletes. Azerbaijan, Israel and Puerto Rico will make their Winter Paralympic debut, while Liechtenstein, Estonia, and Latvia are returning for the first time since Lillehammer 1994, Salt Lake 2002, and Turin 2006, respectively.

On 24 February 2022, the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee condemned the breach of the Olympic Truce by Russia.[5] President of the IPC Andrew Parsons stated that getting the Ukrainian team to Beijing would be a "mammoth challenge."[6][7] The IOC called for the flags of both Russia and Belarus not to be displayed at any international sporting event—the latter due to officials of the Belarus Olympic Committee having been accused of political discrimination against Belarusian athletes and the country's participation in Russia's aggression against Ukraine. The Russian flag is already prohibited from international sporting events due to sanctions by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).[8][9] On the 28th, the IOC further called for Russian and Belarusian athletes not to be allowed to participate.[10] On 2 March 2022, the IPC declared that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be allowed to participate under a neutral flag with their results not counting in the medal standings.[11][12] As a result of criticism by several National Paralympic Committees, who threatened to boycott the games, the IPC announced on 3 March 2022 that they would reverse their earlier decision, banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[13][14][15] In response, Vladimir Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov condemned the IPC for the decision.[16]

 
  The participating countries at the 2022 Winter Paralympics
  Debuting countries at the Winter Paralympics
  Yellow circle is host city (Beijing)
 
Country by team size
Participating National Paralympic Committees

CalendarEdit

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.[46]

 ●  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
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

BrandingEdit

EmblemEdit

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".[47] The emblem was updated in 2020 to add the updated Paralympic emblem, making these the first Games to use them in an official capacity.[48]

MascotEdit

Main article: Bing Dwen Dwen and Shuey Rhon Rhon

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.[49] 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 alsoEdit

NotesEdit

ReferencesEdit

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