Are there Paralympics in the Winter Olympics?

There are Paralympics in the Winter Olympics.

For example, the 13 Winter Paralympic Games, referred to as the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games, is an international Paralympic Games held in China, which opened on March 4, 2022 and ended on March 13. There will be 6 major events and 78 minor events in the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games. * * * A total of 736 athletes from 48 countries and regions participated in the competition.

Paralympic Games

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 will be held every four years after the Summer Olympic Games, and it will be held 16 times by 2020. The Winter Paralympics was held in 1976 and has been held in 13 in 2022.

The total number of athletes participating in the competition is close to 4000. 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.

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