Английская Википедия:2022 Winter Paralympics opening ceremony
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox news event Шаблон:2022 Winter Paralympics The opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Paralympics took place on 4 March 2022 at the Beijing National Stadium (also known as "Bird's Nest")[1] in Beijing, China. The Games were opened by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China.
Preparations
The site of the opening ceremony, the Beijing National Stadium, was redeveloped in preparation for the ceremonies of both the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Paralympics.[2][3][4]
Announcers (masters of ceremony)
- English: Zhao Ying[5]
- Mandarin Chinese: Gang Qiang
Proceedings
The ceremony, directed by Zhang Yimou,[2] had the theme "Blossoming of Life"[6] and began at 20:00 CST (UTC+8) in the Beijing National Stadium.[7][8][9] The games were opened by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of China,[6] and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons were in attendance.[10] As well as representing the IPC, Parsons represented the International Olympic Committee in the absence of president Thomas Bach who tested positive for COVID-19.[6]
The curling rink: Countdown performance
Entry of the National flag
Parade of Nations
Reactions to Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from participating after the countries' invasion of Ukraine.[1] During the ceremony, Parsons did not mention Russia by name, but he publicly declared his horror at the fighting in Ukraine and called on world authorities to promote peace.[1][11]
Entry of Paralympic Flag
Flag bearers of the Paralympic Flag achieved the goal of "Combination of the Sound and the Disabled":
- Chen Qi (Шаблон:Lang): former wheelchair athlete and Caption of China men's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. As the current head coach of China women's national wheelchair basketball team, he led the team to win the historic silver medal of wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
- Hao Guohua (Шаблон:Lang): Judge of goalball at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and he took the Paralympic oath on behalf of all officials at the opening ceremony.
- Liu Yutong (Шаблон:Lang): Gold medalist of badminton at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
- Yao Juan (Шаблон:Lang): Athletics athlete at six consecutive Paralympics (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo), winning 5 golds in total.
- Zhang Li (Шаблон:Lang): Gold medalist of swimming at 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning 6 golds and 1 silver in total.
- Sun Gang (Шаблон:Lang): Wheelchair fencer at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning 4 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in total.
- Xue Juan (Шаблон:Lang): Gold medalist of table tennis at 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning 4 golds in total.
- Li Hao (Шаблон:Lang): Wheelchair fencer at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning 2 golds.
Oath taking
The representative of the oath taking were:
- Athlete:
- Zhang Mengxue (Шаблон:Lang) (Alpine skiing)
- Chen Jianxin (Шаблон:Lang) (Wheelchair Curling): Vice Skip of China national wheelchair curling team (Skip: Wang Haitao).
- Coach:
Yue Qingshuang (Шаблон:Lang) (Wheelchair Curling): Head coach of China national wheelchair curling team, bronze medalist of 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and the only non Northern American or European curling world champion (skip: Wang Bingyu, 2009 World Championship). - Official: Zhang Liheng (Шаблон:Lang) (Para Ice Hockey).
Arrival and lighting of the Paralympic flame
Шаблон:See also Torch bearers in the National Stadium on the opening ceremony were:
- Liu Sitong (Шаблон:Lang): Alpine Skier at the 2018 Pyeongchang Paralympics and 2022 Beijing Paralympics.
- Wen Xiaoyan (Шаблон:Lang): Gold medalist of para-athletics at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning 5 golds and 1 silver in total.
- Ma Jia (Шаблон:Lang): Gold medalist of para swimming at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and record holder of women's 50 metre freestyle S11 & women's 200 metre individual medley SM11.
- Zhang Xuemei (Шаблон:Lang): Silver medalist of wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, member of China women's national wheelchair basketball team and flagbearer of Team China on 2020 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony.
- Liu Cuiqing (Шаблон:Lang) & Xu Donglin (Шаблон:Lang) (Paralympic guide and in-field guide): Gold medalists of 2016 Rio Paralympics and 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, winning 4 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal in total.
- Dong Chao (Шаблон:Lang): Medalist of shooting at four consecutive Paralympics (2008 Beijing, 2012 London, 2016 Rio & 2020 Tokyo), winning 3 gold medals and 3 bronze medals in total.
- Tang Xuemei (Шаблон:Lang): Medalist of sitting volleyball in three consecutive Paralympics (Gold at 2012 London and Silver at 2016 Rio & 2020 Tokyo).
Visually-impaired Paralympic champion Li Duan (Шаблон:Lang), who won gold medals at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, which was also held in Beijing, lit the cauldron, becoming the third visually impaired person to light the Paralympics cauldron at the Opening Ceremonies.[12]
Dignitaries in attendance
Host nation dignitaries
- Шаблон:Flagicon People's Republic of China
- Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission[6]
- Li Keqiang, Premier of the People's Republic of China
- Cai Qi, Communist Party Secretary of Beijing, Executive President of the Organizing Committee for Beijing 2022
Dignitaries from International organizations
- Шаблон:Flagicon International Paralympic Committee – President Andrew Parsons.[10]
- Шаблон:Flagicon International Olympic Committee – IPC President Andrew Parsons in place of IOC Vice President Ng Ser Miang who is unable to attend after testing positive for COVID-19. Ng was to attend in place of IOC President Thomas Bach.[13][14][6]
Anthems
Controversy
Parsons's speech about how he was "horrified at what is taking place in the world right now", which implied the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, was not translated and muted by China Central Television (CCTV).[15][16] The IPC later asked CCTV to explain why the speech was not translated and muted.[17] Шаблон:As of, the IPC has not yet received an update from CCTV,[18] and Parson's speech was completely cut on replay from CCTV's official website later.[19] In addition, Parson's reaction for Ukraine National Team during the Parade of Nation also been cut and replaced by other scene on CCTV's opening ceremony live.[20]
In his speech, Parsons wrongly referred Xi Jinping as the president of the Republic of China, which is the official name of Taiwan and recognized as part of People's Republic of China in Mainland China. Parsons later apologized for this.[21]
See also
- 2008 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony
- 2008 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
- 2022 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
- 2022 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
- 2022 Winter Paralympics closing ceremony
References
External links
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