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The opening ceremony of the Paralympic Winter Games began on Friday March 4 in Beijing. (China). The sporting events will take place until March 13. Here is a summary of some highlights of the ceremony.
It’s an almost surreal sight that started in Beijing (China)Friday, March 4. The opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games is intended to be warm, moving, advocating peace and fraternity. But that is not enough to make us forget the few addicts that the games experienced with the exclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes, after the threat of boycott of certain athletes. They are 563 athletes to parade for 46 nations, including Ukraine.
“The Chinese public, many here, applauds” to the passage of Ukraine during the parade, specifies the commentator of the ceremony. The Ukrainian athletes arrived on Wednesday March 2, after a complicated journey. The French delegation has 18 athletes. This time, alongside the Chinese President, Russian President Vladimir Putin is not not here as for the Olympic Games.
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