Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games

The 2014 Winter Paralympics, the eleventh Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, are a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), currently being held in Sochi, Russia from 7-16 March 2014. 45 National Paralympic Committees are expected to participate in the Games, which will mark the first time Russia has hosted the Paralympics. The Games will feature 72 medal events in five sports, and will see the debut of snowboarding at the Winter Paralympics.^[1]
The lead-up to these games were met with concerns regarding Russia's recent military intervention in the nearby Crimean peninsula of Ukraine, which led to both the United States and United Kingdom choosing not to send governmental delegations to the Games, and British government officials intending to publicly boycott the games. However, representatives of both countries also made statements indicating that these decisions will not affect their athletes' participation in the Games, and the IPC intends to monitor the situation throughout the Games.

• 1 Bidding process
• 2 Organization
• 2.1 Venues
• 2.2 Sochi Olympic Park (Coastal Cluster)
• 2.3 Krasnaya Polyana (Mountain Cluster)
• 2.4 Mascot
• 3 The Games
• 3.1 Participating nations
• 3.2 Sports
• 3.3 Calendar
• 4 Medals
• 5 Broadcasting
• 6 Concerns
• 6.1 Crimean crisis
• 7 See also
• 8 References
• 9 External links

• Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Official website
• International Paralympic Committee

https://www.youtube.com/user/ParalympicSportTV

Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games - Sochi Paralympics | IPC

www.paralympic.org

 

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