Tag: Paralympics
Video: 13th Winter Paralympics are open
Video 13th Winter Paralympics are open STORY: Impressive pictures from China. The Beijing Winter Paralympic Games were officially opened on Friday. But to what extent people felt like celebrating, you…
Opening of the Paralympics: Silent Cry for Peace – Sport
The applause, as recorded by the microphones, sounded polite, not frenetic, but respectful as they entered the stadium: 20 Ukrainian athletes on Friday evening in Beijing’s “Bird’s Nest” arena. Some…
Beijing 2022: Winter Paralympics officially opened
Status: 04.03.2022 2:08 p.m The 13th Winter Paralympics have officially opened in Beijing. 17 German athletes and five guides for the visually impaired will start. Andrew Parsons, President of the…
Paralympics without Russia and Belarus: Boycotts work after all – Sport
Let no one claim that boycotts in sport are useless. That’s a popular tale of officials: that boycotts only affect innocent athletes, that politics should rather stay outside when it…
Paralympics in China: The invisible in the shadow of the great power
China The Invisibles: What about people with disabilities in the country of the Paralympics? The Chinese Paralympic team 2021 in Tokyo – it is the most successful in the world…
Ukraine-News im Liveticker: Ungarn lehnt Waffenlieferungen durch das Land ab
Die ungarische Regierung hat Waffenlieferungen durch das Land in die Ukraine einen Riegel vorgeschoben. Eine große ungarische Minderheit, etwa 150.000 Menschen, lebt in der westukrainischen Region Transkarpatien, die an Ungarn…
Ukraine-News im Liveticker: Ukrainer können Fluchtziel in der EU frei aussuchen
Kriegsflüchtlinge aus der Ukraine vorerst selbst entscheiden können, in welchem EU-Staat sie Zuflucht suchen. „Ich glaube, dass jetzt innerhalb der Europäischen Union die Menschen aus der Ukraine vor allem dorthin…
Paralympics: Russia and Belarus excluded
Status: 03/03/2022 8:57 a.m Because of the Ukraine war, Russia and Belarus are not allowed to take part in the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, which start tomorrow. The IPC revised…
Live blog Ukraine war: Russia and Belarus now ruled out of the Paralympics after all
In a nightly video message, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy one again to the opponents of his country tough fight announced: They won’t have peace here, they won’t have food…
Paralympics: Russia and Belarus excluded
Status: 03/03/2022 8:57 a.m Because of the Ukraine war, Russia and Belarus are not allowed to take part in the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, which start tomorrow. The IPC revised…