Winter Paralympics (Winter Games) 2022 begin! (4 Mar) : Google Celebrates Start of Winter Paralympics 2022 with Doodle
The 2022 Winter Paralympics, officially known as the XIII Paralympic Winter Games and commonly known as the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Games, are an international winter multi-sport parasports event scheduled to take place in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, from 4 to 13 March 2022.
Beijing was selected as host city in 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking its second time hosting the Paralympics.
Host selection
As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics was also to host the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
Beijing was selected as the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics after beating Almaty by four votes on 31 July 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The opening ceremony is scheduled to be held on 4 March 2022.
The closing ceremony is scheduled to be held on 13 March 2022.
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Sports
Seventy-eight events in five sports will be held during the 2022 Winter Paralympics, two lower than 2018. In June 2019, the IPC dropped four of the six proposed disciplines for women’s snowboarding (leaving only LL2 banked slalom and snowboard cross), as they did not meet the required viability benchmarks during the 2019 World Para Snowboard Championships
• Alpine skiing – Paralympic pictogram.svg Alpine skiing (30)
• Nordic skiing
• Biathlon – Paralympic pictogram.svg Biathlon (18)
• Cross-country skiing – Paralympic pictogram.svg Cross-country skiing (20)
• Ice sledge hockey – Paralympic pictogram.svg Para ice hockey (1)
• Snowboarding pictogram.svg Snowboarding (8)
• Wheelchair curling – Paralympic pictogram.svg Wheelchair curling (1)
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Google Celebrates Start of Winter Paralympics 2022 with Doodle
The competitive critters featured in today’s Doodle have gathered from all over the world under the winter sky to keep their cool and put their opponents on ice. Who will be pouncing on victory and scurrying home an international legend?
Find out over the next few weeks as the Games have officially begun!
