2022 Winter Paralympics 2022 Winter Paralympics The 2022 Winter Paralympics (Chinese: 第十三届冬季残疾人奥林匹克运动会), officially known as the XIII Paralympic Winter Games, is an international winter multi-sport event for disabled athletes that is scheduled to take place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from 4 to 13 March 2022. Beijing will become the first city to host both the Summer and Winter Paralympics. These games will be the first Winter Paralympics held in China. Competitions in the 2022 Winter Paralympics will be held in seven Winter Paralympic sports, with 81 medal events in total. The official emblem "Flying High" (飞得很高) was unveiled on 15 December
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