The Chinese sports delegation for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games has sent a total of 96 athletes to compete in all six major events and 73 minor events.
On March 5, the competition will also begin.
The Chinese sports delegation achieved all major participation
After the successful bid for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Chinese Winter Program for the Disabled achieved full coverage of the Winter Paralympic Games by selecting talents across borders across the country, hiring high-level domestic and foreign coaches, forming a national training team for the whole project, carrying out domestic and foreign training in the anti-seasonal season, and training Paralympic technical officials.
Wheelchair Curling: Continuing last year's World Championship squad looking forward to defending the title against strong opponents
Speaking of the chinese delegation at the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, among the 6 major events, it is necessary to mention the Chinese wheelchair curling team that won the first gold medal for the Chinese team at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games. Under the leadership of head coach Yue Qingshuang, the team's team cooperation is more stable, and the main squad participating in the World Championships to win the championship: Yan Zhuo, Sun Yulong, Chen Jianxin and Wang Haitao are likely to be the main lineup of the Chinese wheelchair curling team to participate in the Winter Paralympic Games. The current top 6 teams in the world are all rivals of the Chinese team defending their titles.
Ice Hockey: Home battle to protect six to three strive to achieve a breakthrough
In the ice hockey group stage of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the Chinese Paralympic ice hockey team will play against the top-ranked Teams Italy, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The team, with an average age of 26, was formed in 2017 and competed in hundreds of international competitions abroad, winning all at the 2021 World Championships. The only female player in the team is Yu Jing, 39 years old from Qingdao. Coach Nikolai joined a large number of simulated competition training during the training process, and among the 8 participating teams, he put forward the goal of protecting six and competing for three.
Alpine skiing: Athletes mostly start as amateurs and strive for a good position
In the snow event, the Chinese Paralympic alpine ski team invited former Italian coach Dario to coach during the Preparation Cycle of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. Although many team members start from the amateur level, they have the opportunity to use the most advanced venues in The country for training, and often go abroad to compete and communicate, and the level improves rapidly. In this project, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and other traditional strong teams are outstanding.
Snowboarding: 18 athletes compete to break through the zero medals
Among the national teams in 6 major events, the average age of the Chinese Paralympic snowboard team members is less than 22 years old, and 18 team members will participate in the obstacle chase and slope slalom 2 major events and 8 small events, achieving full event participation for the first time. Whether it is the personal achievements of male team member Ji Lijia and female team member Hu Nianjia, or the team's performance at the World Paralympic Snowboarding National Championships in January this year, it is a sight to see this young team, promising to achieve the medal and even gold medal breakthrough of Chinese Paralympic snowboarding in the Winter Paralympic Games.
Biathlon: Strong hands like clouds The Chinese team competes in all small events to strive for good results
In contrast, the more important goal of the Paralympic biathlon team is to participate. In every sub-event of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, we can see the figure of our Chinese athletes participating, and the more famous members of the team, Liu Zixu and Wang Tao, all achieved good results in the European Cup of Paralympic Skiing in Finland in December 2021. Judging from the overall competitive landscape of this project, the Chinese Paralympic biathlon team needs to catch up with traditional strong teams such as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland and Austria.
Cross-country skiing: Ma Mingtao: From Pyeongchang to Beijing looking forward to creating better results
Compared with the Paralympic biathlon, the Chinese Paralympic cross-country skiing team has been competing since the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, and the results have been close to the podium, and Ma Mingtao, known as the broken arm trapeze at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympic Games, won the eighth place in the men's traditional 10 km standing competition in cross-country skiing. The whole team has achieved good rankings in many individual international competitions.
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games open tonight 96 athletes will write their own ice and snow dreams
In general, the six sports training teams participating in the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games have been training non-stop in Beijing, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and other places since 2020, and have promoted the development of winter sports for the disabled. In the upcoming Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, I hope that our 96 Paralympic athletes can realize their self-worth and write their dreams of ice and snow.