China will compete in all six major events of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games

China News Network, February 20 ,"After hard work, the mainland will participate in all six major events of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games." Yong Zhijun, deputy director of the Sports Department of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, said on the 20th.

On the 20th, the 2022 Beijing Press Center held a press conference with the theme of "Ice and Snow Sports for the Disabled and the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games". At the press conference, Yong Zhijun made the above statement.

Yong Zhijun said that the 13th Winter Paralympic Games will be held in Beijing and Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, from March 4 to 13, 2022. The Winter Paralympic Games will feature 78 events in 6 major events, including wheelchair curling, Paralympic ice hockey, Paralympic cross-country skiing, Paralympic biathlon, Paralympic alpine skiing, and Paralympic snowboarding.

"Although the mainland winter Paralympic movement started late, it has caught up in recent years and gradually developed and grown. The successful bid for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games is not only a landmark moment to test the level of the mainland winter Paralympic sports, but also a historical opportunity to better promote the mainland winter Paralympic sports. Yong Zhijun said.

Yong Zhijun said that before 2015, in the six major events of the Winter Paralympic Games, the mainland only carried out 2 major events of Paralympic cross-country skiing and wheelchair curling. In 2002, the mainland sent four athletes to the Salt Lake City Winter Paralympic Games for the first time. In 2014, the Sochi Winter Paralympic Games in Russia opened, and the mainland sent 10 athletes to participate in 2 major events and 6 minor events such as Paralympic cross-country skiing and wheelchair curling, of which the wheelchair curling team won the fourth place, which was the best result for the mainland to participate in the Winter Paralympic Games at that time. In July 2015, Beijing and Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and the mainland winter Paralympic movement immediately ushered in a major development opportunity. After several years of unremitting efforts, the mainland winter Paralympic movement has made continuous progress.

Yong Zhijun introduced the development of ice and snow sports for the disabled on the mainland from six aspects.

Attach great importance to and actively prepare for the race.

The China Disabled Persons' Federation attaches great importance to the preparation and preparation for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, improves its political standing, and regards the preparation and preparation of the China Disabled Persons' Federation as a major political task of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, as a concrete embodiment of enhancing the "four consciousnesses", strengthening the "four self-confidences" and achieving the "two safeguards". Establish the leading group of the China Disabled Persons' Federation for the preparation of the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games, comprehensively lead the preparation work for the Winter Paralympic Games, regularly study major issues, deploy key tasks, comprehensively strengthen leadership with a high sense of political responsibility and mission, and use the strength of the National Disabled Persons' Federation system to do a good job in preparation and preparation.

Comprehensive layout, expand the team.

In accordance with the overall work idea of "improving the position, comprehensive policy, taking the initiative and making breakthroughs", the China Disabled Persons' Federation has issued the "Winter Paralympic Project Revitalization Plan", "Winter Paralympic Light Action Plan" and "Ice and Snow Action Plan for the Disabled" to vigorously promote the development of winter Paralympic sports throughout the country. We select athletes nationwide, organize training camps, and select better sports. At the same time, high-level coaches at home and abroad are hired, technical officials of the Winter Paralympic Games are trained, and a national training team is formed for the whole project. We have built the National Ice Sports Competition Training Hall for the Disabled. We have cooperated with Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang and other provinces and cities to carry out the Winter Games for the Disabled, and signed strategic cooperation agreements on sports for the disabled with Finland, Russia and other ice and snow sports countries to accelerate the development of winter sports for the disabled. Through hard work, the number of winter paralympic athletes in the country has grown from less than 50 to nearly 1,000, and the number of major events in the Winter Paralympic Games has expanded from 2 to 6, achieving full coverage of major events in the mainland Winter Paralympic Games.

Full-time training to improve the level of competition.

"We have carried out uninterrupted training throughout the year for athletes who participate in all six major events, including summer training and winter training, domestic and overseas training, and the combination of training and competition, and the competitive level of athletes has been continuously improved." Yong Zhijun said that at present, athletes are sprinting to prepare for training at four training bases in Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia and Gansu.

Multi-level competitions are held to strengthen talent training and selection.

Yong Zhijun said that in 2017, the mainland held national competitions in five sports, including cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine skiing, snowboarding, and Paralympic ice hockey, and selected a number of outstanding athletes to enrich the national team. In 2019, for the first time, all six major events of the Winter Paralympic Games were included in the National Paralympic Games. Before the outbreak of the epidemic, we invited foreign Paralympic ice hockey teams to china for many times to hold exchange competitions. "In January 2020, the mainland hosted the Winter Paralympic Asian Cup series for the first time. In 2021, we will hold cross-country skiing, alpine skiing and snowboarding competitions in China, creating more opportunities for athletes to participate by actively enlisting the support of international organizations. ”

Actively participate in international competitions to improve the level of sports for the disabled in the mainland.

Yong Zhijun stressed that since 2016, the mainland has participated in a number of international winter Paralympic events, won many medals, and achieved breakthroughs of "zero" in many projects. At the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games, our wheelchair curling team won the championship, achieving a breakthrough of zero gold medals and medals in the history of the Mainland Winter Paralympic Games. "In 2021, we teamed up to participate in the beijing Winter Paralympic Alpine Skiing, Snowboarding, Cross-country Skiing, Wheelchair Curling, Paralympic Ice Hockey and other project testing activities, achieving the purpose of training the team, improving the level, familiar with the adaptation of the venue, and at the same time cooperating with the organizing committee to complete the test of various barrier-free facilities and related processes, and guiding volunteers to carry out event services. After hard work, the mainland will participate in all six major events of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. ”

Carry out ice and snow sports for the disabled, and contribute to promoting "300 million people on ice and snow".

"Since 2016, we have held the 'Disabled Ice and Snow Sports Season' for six consecutive years. Only 14 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) with disabilities participated in the first session, and now 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) have participated, which has basically covered the whole country. Yong Zhijun said that during the "Ice and Snow Sports Season for the Disabled", "we have held a variety of ice and snow activities with rich contents, including the creation and promotion of popular ice and snow sports projects that are popular with the disabled." This activity has stimulated the enthusiasm of the majority of disabled people to participate in winter sports, has a far-reaching impact on the popularization and development of winter sports for the disabled, and made positive efforts to achieve the goal of 'driving 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports'. ”