Beijing, March 1 (Wang Hao) On the afternoon of February 28, local time, the British fire collection ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games was held at the Stoke Mandeville Stadium.
This spark from the birthplace of the Paralympic movement will then be gathered with 8 fires from Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou to generate the official flame of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. The specific collection sites of the eight tinder collection ceremonies are Beijing School for the Blind, Wangjing Street Warm Home, Chinese Braille Library, Grand Canal Caoyun Wharf, Badaling Ancient Great Wall, Zhangjiakou "Chuangba" Park, Zhangjiakou Yellow Emperor City, and Temple of Heaven Park.
The picture shows a lit tinder taken on February 28. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ying
On March 4, the Olympic fire will once again light up the nest. As the pace of the opening ceremony gets closer and closer, the atmosphere of the Beijing Winter Olympics is getting stronger, and the three divisions of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou are also making final preparations, and strive to dedicate a wonderful Winter Paralympic event.
Safeguards are becoming more and more sophisticated
On February 25, the three winter Paralympic villages of Beijing, Yanqing and Zhangjiakou were officially opened. The three Winter Paralympic villages are all converted from the previous Winter Olympic Villages, and from the day after the closing of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the setting and debugging of the Paralympic image landscape and barrier-free facilities will be carried out.
On February 28, the main media center of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games was officially put into operation after completing the conversion of the Winter Olympic Games to the Winter Paralympic Games. Image source: Visual China
The apartment building, fitness center, entertainment center, square area and other areas in the village have been converted into facilities and equipment and temporary barrier-free facilities have been added; the restaurant has re-planned the way of dining seats and drinks, and reserved the wheelchair dining area; the square area has adopted a wheelchair prosthetic maintenance center; the transportation area is equipped with barrier-free shuttle buses, providing special platforms for the disabled, special parking spaces, and setting up special auxiliary personnel.
The urban landscape transformation of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games was completed on February 28. The "Wonderful Winter Olympics" themed flower bed "Chinese Knot" in the center of Tiananmen Square was replaced with the emblem of the Winter Paralympic Games, and the key flower beds along Chang'an Avenue were also replaced with flowers.
On February 24, the emblem of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games "Leap" was unveiled in Tiananmen Square. China News Service reporter Jia Tianyong photographed
Among them, the transformation of the urban landscape layout of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing to the Winter Paralympic Games mainly involves the conversion of emblems, mascots and the addition of some hardy flowers, with a total of 9 themed flower beds, 18,000 propaganda flags, and 60 propaganda pictures.
In addition, the main media center of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games was officially launched on February 28. During the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, news agency workers and broadcasters from all over the world will participate in the reporting and broadcasting work, and the four press conference halls in the main media center will provide official press venues for the International Paralympic Committee and others, and all of them will be designed with barrier-free ramps.
With the arrival of the winter Paralympic delegations of various countries, the public transportation systems of the three competition areas have also completed the relevant transformations, equipped with barrier-free shuttle buses, provided special platforms for the disabled, special parking spaces, and set up special auxiliary personnel, and the public transportation system has entered official operation.
The venue is actively prepared
The various competition venues that undertake the task of hosting the event are also making intensive preparations. For example, the National Biathlon Center, which is the only venue in the ancient poplar group to undertake the task of competing in the Winter Paralympic Games, will produce a total of 38 gold medals during the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
In order to allow people with disabilities to participate, work and watch the games smoothly during the Winter Paralympic Games, the venues have made sufficient preparations in terms of hardware and software.
Among them, in view of the characteristics of disabled athletes, the National Biathlon Center will adjust the snow surface height and slope slope of the mixed interview area, and reduce the height of the fence to facilitate the sitting athletes to be interviewed.
Some venues have completed the conversion work, such as the National Gymnasium, which will host paralympic ice hockey competitions during the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, and the conversion of venues has been completed.
Inside the venue, a total area of 320 square meters of imitation ice plates has been laid, so that athletes can take an ice sled directly from the locker room to the side of the field. In addition, facilities such as barrier-free toilets, barrier-free elevators and Paralympic ramps are in place, and the training and rehabilitation room is equipped with equipment dedicated to upper limb training for Paralympic athletes.
The players are poised to go
In recent days, athletes from various delegations participating in the Winter Paralympic Games have begun to train adaptively. The stadium, which had been silent for several days after the Beijing Winter Olympics, was once again buzzing, with the players adjusting their status and making final preparations for the upcoming Winter Paralympic Games. The preparations for the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games have also been well received by them.
Jacob Picardi, a Paralympic snowboard technician at the Italian delegation, spoke highly of the venue of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games: "We are now familiar with the pistes, adapting to the venue, adjusting the state, there is no doubt that this is a very good venue, and the people here are very friendly and very polite. ”
Jane Lee, a member of the American Paralympic Ice Hockey Team, said: "We came to the ice rink for training, everything was great, the ice rink did a lot of barrier-free conversions, and all our actions in the stadium were smooth. ”
He said: "We are more looking forward to this precious experience than the gold medal, and we also hope to be able to communicate with athletes from all over the world here, which gives us such an opportunity." (End)