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BEIJING: Athletes paraded through Beijing's National Stadium as the Winter Paralympics opened on Friday (Mar 4) after a storm of controversy that surrounded the banning of Russian and Belarusian athletes due to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
BEIJING : Ukrainian athletes were given a warm welcome on a chilly Beijing evening as the Winter Paralympics opened on Friday, after Russian and Belarusian athletes were sent home on the eve of the Games over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Norwegian cross-country skier Therese Johaug, who is a four-time Olympic gold medallist, is set to retire from the sport at the end of the season. Johaug won three Olympic gold medals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, including skiathlon gold, and also won relay gold at Vancouver 2010. She is a 14-time world champion.
Ukrainian athletes participated in the 2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony as officials passionately reiterated their calls for peace.
The Russian Paralympic Committee will not appeal against the decision to ban its athletes from competing in the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing.
Russian and Belarusian athletes were on Thursday banned from the Beijing Winter Paralympics over the war in Ukraine, with organisers bowing to international pressure and threats of a boycott. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had just a day earlier said athletes from the two countries would be allowed to compete as "neutrals" in the Games, which start on Friday. It said that was the "harshest punishment" the IPC could dish out under its rules.
The Russian Paralympic Committee has hit out at the ‘monstrous’ and ‘disgraceful’ decision to ban their athletes from the 2022 Winter Paralympics.
The 2022 Winter Paralympics will be held in Beijing, China, and follow the Winter Olympics.