List of Sports at the 2022 Winter Paralympic Games
The 2022 Paralympic Winter Games was held in Beijing, China. Here is a list of the six sports on the program. There have been no change in the sports of the Winter Paralympics since 2018, though there are sometimes changes in events. There was 78 sets of medals awarded – 39 for men, 35 for women and four mixed events.
para cross-country skiing
2022 Paralympic Sports List
- Para alpine skiing - Para alpine skiers with physical, vision or intellectual impairments compete in downhill, slalom, giant slalom, super-G and combined events, racing individually against the clock.
- Para biathlon - Athletes with physical or vision impairments compete in cross-country skiing races that include rifle shooting, with penalties added for missed targets.
- Para cross-country skiing - Athletes with physical or vision impairments race over long distances using standing, sitting or visually guided classifications.
- Para ice hockey - Athletes with lower-body impairments compete on sledges, propelling themselves with two sticks.
- Para Snowboard - Athletes with physical disabilities compete on a snowboard in events such as snowboard cross and banked slalom.
- Wheelchair curling - Athletes with lower-body impairments compete from wheelchairs, delivering curling stones toward the target without the sweeping used in Olympic curling.
Winter Paralympics Games
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