Paralympic Games
Sheina Vaspi Shines, but Does Not Compromise, at the Paralympics
The para ski team from Chile was training at Winter Park as well, and one of the Chilean coach’s daughters loved Vaspi’s skirt. One day, the girl wore one of her own on the slopes and presented Vaspi with a drawing she had made of her, with Vaspi’s fiery red hair flowing behind her as […]
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China Becomes a Paralympic Sled Hockey Power Behind Russian Coach
BEIJING — All the Russian athletes were kicked out of the Paralympics before the Games began last week, but there is still a Russian here, and he has a chance to win a medal. Nikolay Sharshukov, the little-known Russian coach of China’s national para ice hockey team, has transformed the fledgling squad into a contender […]
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Ukraine’s Paralympians Compete in Beijing With Heavy Hearts
ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Valerii Sushkevych, the president of Ukraine’s Paralympic committee, can detect in the pink, swollen eyes of his athletes that they have not been sleeping. He knows they are overwhelmed by worry and fear over the fate of their families and their country, which is under attack by the Russian Army. He sees […]
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Paralympics Reverses Course and Bans Athletes From Russia and Belarus
BEIJING — On Wednesday night, the organizers of the Paralympic Winter Games were resolute that they had no option except to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete. On Thursday afternoon, they were equally resolute when they came to the opposite conclusion. In a stunning reversal, the International Paralympic Committee bowed to heavy internal pressure […]
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Paralympics Will Allow Russian Athletes to Compete
BEIJING — Organizers of the Beijing Winter Paralympics will allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete when the Games open this week, despite mounting pressure to exclude Russia and its teams from global sports as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine. The executive board of the International Paralympic Committee, which organizes the Games, declared […]
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