China's Liu Zixu celebrates after the biathlon men's sprint sitting event of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, March 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang) CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Liu Zixu finished first in Para biathlon men's sprint sitting, earning China the first gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games on Saturday.
File photo taken on Dec. 12, 2021 shows Guo Yujie, a female para cross-country and para biathlon skier born in north China's Hebei Province with upper limb disabilities, poses before a skiing competition in Finland.
Fan Kexin's father Fan Shizhong and mother Nie Guiling display their daughter's photos on February 22, 2022 in Qitaihe,Heilongjiang Province. Photo: Wang Qi/Global Times On February 5, when Fan Kexin, together with her teammates, won the first gold medal of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics for Team China in the short-track speed skating mixed team relay, her parents, Fan Shizhong and Nie Guiling, hugged each other and shed tears as they watched the live broadcast in Qitaihe, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, some 1,600 kilometers away from Beijing.
Program builds up pool of nearly 1,000 disabled athletes covering all major events The Chinese delegation to the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics, to be inaugurated on Monday, will compete in all six sports at the Games. The Paralympics will take place from March 4 to 13, with athletes competing in 78 different events across six sports: wheelchair curling, para ice hockey, cross-country skiing, biathlon, Alpine skiing and snowboarding.
