The 2022 Winter Paralympics are set to open in Beijing, with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get here.
Paralympics organizers initially announced that Russians and Belarusians would be allowed to compete in Beijing, but reversed course a day laterThe 2022 Winter Paralympics open Friday in Beijing, with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone that has drawn the attention of the entire globe.
“It's a miracle that we have made it to the Paralympics," the head of the Ukrainian delegation, Valerii Sushkevych, told a news conference on the eve of the Games., shortly after the Winter Olympics wrapped up in Beijing, is roiling the world. And the world of sports is no exception. Paralympics organizers initially announced that Russians and Belarusians would be allowed to compete in Beijing, but reversed course one day before the opening andSushkevych said it took four days for team members in Ukraine to reach Beijing. He said he slept on the floor of a bus because of a back condition during the last two days of the journey through Europe.
“We overcame a lot of barriers on the way,” he said. “Many members of our team had to escape while there was bombardment and shells exploding.”Taras Rad and Maksym Yarovyi of Team Ukraine during a Official Training Session at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre on March 3, 2022 in Beijing, China.
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