the French team begins to dream of the podium
Although it denies it, the French delegation, 18 strong, including four guides for blind or visually impaired skiers, takes advantage of the exclusion of Russian athletes during the Beijing Paralympic Games which open this Friday, March 4. First admitted, then refused following a reversal of the Paralympic Committee after the threat of several delegations to […]
First French medals at the Paralympic Winter Games in China
Tricolor skiing made a remarkable entrance at the Paralympic Winter Games, which opened on Friday March 4, and until the 13th, in Beijing and in the surrounding mountains. It was skier Arthur Bauchet who opened the ball for French medals on Saturday 5 March. The 21-year-old sportsman brought France his first title in the competition, […]
Russia’s War and Sport: From Action to Word – Sport
“Whoever names things,” political scientist Martin Greiffenhagen once said, “is in control of them.” So whoever speaks, always acts. For example, by not mentioning actors, he can make them disappear as if they and their actions did not exist. The most recent, chilling example was warmonger Vladimir Putin’s attempt to disguise the war of aggression […]
Marie Bochet, “the tigress has calmed down”
She carried the flag of the French delegation to the Paralympic Games in PyeongChang, in 2018. This Friday, March 4, she leaves the honor to her teammate and Nordic skier Benjamin Daviet for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympic Games . Not sorry to remain anonymous, very relative for an eight-time Olympic champion, French […]
A symbol of isolation (nd-aktuell.de)
The Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games opened at the Bird’s Nest Stadium on Friday. At the ceremony, China presented itself as a country of inclusion. Foto: imago images/Xinhua In sport, there are few messages left by the Chinese Communist Party that are uncritically taken up in the West. One of them: the 2008 Summer Paralympics […]
A loud cry for peace
UAt 9:02 p.m. local time, Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke the traditional opening formula. But instead of being a sign of peace, the Paralympics start under the impression of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, and the sport has long been overshadowed. Andrew Parsons, the President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), gave an […]
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 raised their fists. The German athletes later took off their hats for a moment as they entered. And Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic […]
Paralympics: powder keg in Beijing – WORLD
Es started with curling. It wasn’t just the Paralympic world that was in turmoil at the time, because Russian and Belarusian athletes were surprisingly admitted to the Beijing event, albeit under a neutral flag. The criticism of Wednesday’s decision was immense worldwide, and the lack of understanding was huge. The Paralympics don’t start until this […]
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 the functionaries: that boycotts only affect innocent athletes, that politics should rather stay outside when it comes to sport – before completely apolitical sport makes itself at home with the dictator, pins medals on his lapel and strikes up deals […]
Paralympics-Aus for Russia and Belarus: Unfortunate role of the IPC
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