Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games: Opening Ceremony
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By Michael Pavitt and Eliott Brennan
By Michael Pavitt and Eliott Brennan
Henrieta Farkasova and Marie Bochet will both be looking for their third downhill titles in a row when the blue riband event opens the Alpine skiing programme at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Australia have chosen Alpine skiers Mitchell Gourley and Melissa Perrine to carry the country's flag into the National Stadium for the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games tomorrow (Friday).
Para cross-country skier and biathlete Guo Yujie, 18, and 21-year-old Para ice hockey player Wang Zhidong will carry the Chinese flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Paralympics at the Birds Nest tomorrow (Friday).
Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the Russian President Vladimir Putin, has called the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decision to ban athletes from Russia and Belarus from the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games "a disgrace".
Ukraine look well placed for an emotional haul of biathlon medals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics after their heroic trip to the Games and Russia's exclusion.
Athletes from the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) and the Paralympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus will not be allowed to compete at the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games in Beijing, following further sanctions from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Russian and Belarusian athletes will still receive and keep medals during ceremonies at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games despite the countries not appearing on the medal table.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has ruled that Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, but only as neutral athletes, following the invasion of Ukraine.
International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Ser Miang Ng is to miss the Beijing 2022 Paralympics after testing positive for COVID-19.
Ukraine has been able to send a full delegation of 20 athletes and nine guides to China for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games which start on Friday (March 4), despite the ongoing conflict.
The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) has said athletes from Russia and Belarus should be banned from the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games and other sporting events, with the World Players Association calling for the suspension of Russia's National Olympic and Paralympic Committees.
The Paralympic Heritage Flame has been lit in Stoke Mandeville, the birthplace of the Games, prior to the start of Beijing 2022 on Friday (March 4).
A first coordination meeting between the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has been held to put in place a high-level coordination mechanism for the Paralympics.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will meet on Wednesday to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Belarus aiding their efforts, as pressure mounts to suspend the two nations from the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games.