What is the purpose of the Paralympic Games?

The purpose of the Paralympic Games is to educate young people through sports activities without any discrimination, carry forward the Olympic spirit, and understand each other in the spirit of friendship, unity and fair competition, thus contributing to the establishment of a peaceful and better world.

Paralympics started at 1960, and it is a large-scale comprehensive sports meeting for the disabled sponsored by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee. It is held every four years after the Summer Olympic Games, and has been held for 20 14 years. Since the Winter Paralympics were held in 1976, as of 20 14 years, 1 1 has been held, and the total number of athletes participating is close to 4,000. There are four events in the competition: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, ice sledding and wheelchair sports dance, and each event includes several events. China participated in the Winter Paralympics for the first time in 2002. At that time, * * * sent four athletes to participate in alpine skiing and cross-country skiing, and won the sixth place.