Paralympics 2022: the competition is on

It is in a necessarily special atmosphere that the Beijing Paralympic Games open (China), Friday, March 4. This is the first major international competition since the start of the war in Ukraine. Geopolitics inevitably invites itself into such an event, where all nations are united. Russian and Belarusian athletes were eventually excluded from the competition. This changes things a bit from the point of view of events and results. In 2018, at the last Paralympic Games, the Russians finished second in the medal table.

On the side of France, among the chances of medal, there is Benjamin Daviet, who already has six Paralympic medals to his name. He should shine again in biathlon and cross-country skiing. It will also be necessary to monitor Hyacinthe Deleplace in alpine skiing, in the visually impaired category, these are his first winter games. This is not his first attempt: he did athletics and he represented France in 2012 in London, says France Televisions journalist Margaux Subra-Gomez.