2014 Winter Paralympics

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XI. Winter Paralympics
Logo of the 2014 Winter Paralympics
motto Hot. Cool. Yours.
venue Sochi , Russia
Teams 45
Athletes 547
Competitions 72 in 5 sports
opening March 7, 2014
Closing ceremony March 16, 2014
Opened by Wladimir Putin
Paralympic oath Valery Redkosubow (athlete)
Jelena Makerowa ( referee )
Alexander Nazarow (trainer)
Paralympic torch Olesja Wladykina
Sergei Schilow
Stadion Sochi Olympic Stadium
← Vancouver 2010
Medal table
(final score after 72 decisions)
space country gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal total
1 RussiaRussia Russia 30th 28 22nd 80
2 GermanyGermany Germany 9 5 1 15th
3 CanadaCanada Canada 7th 2 7th 16
4th UkraineUkraine Ukraine 5 9 11 25th
5 FranceFrance France 5 3 4th 12
6th SlovakiaSlovakia Slovakia 3 2 2 7th
7th JapanJapan Japan 3 1 2 6th
8th United StatesUnited States United States 2 7th 9 18th
9 AustriaAustria Austria 2 5 4th 11
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 1 3 2 6th
... ...
14th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1 0 0 1
Complete medal table

The 11th Winter Paralympics , the games for people with physical disabilities , took place after the 2014 Winter Olympics from March 7th to 16th, 2014 in the Russian city ​​of Sochi .

After the games were over, it was determined that 316,200 tickets were sold at the Paralympic Games, more than ever.

Selection of the venue

The decision on the host of the Paralympics 2014 and the Olympic Winter Games 2014 was made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as part of its congress in Guatemala City on July 4, 2007. Sochi fought against Pyeongchang ( South Korea ) and Salzburg ( Austria ) by.

The results of the ballots are set out below:

Election results
city country 1 round 2nd round
Sochi RussiaRussia Russia 34 51
Pyeongchang Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 36 47
Salzburg AustriaAustria Austria 25th -

Competition venues

Olympic Park Sochi ("coastal region")

All of the ice rinks were built in the Sochi Olympic Park, which meant that for the first time in Olympic history all halls were within walking distance. The site is located about 30 km south of the core city of Sochi in Adler directly on the Black Sea and is therefore also called the “coastal region”.

The following competition venues were used at the Winter Paralympics:

Panoramic view of the Olympic Park in Sochi

Krasnaya Polyana ("Snow Region")

The snow competitions were held in the area around the mountain village of Krasnaja Polyana ( Red Glade ), which has almost 4,000 inhabitants and is located 30 km northeast of Adler at an altitude of about 600 meters in the Msymta valley . This region was expanded into an exclusive winter sports resort in preparation for the Olympic Games.

The following competition venues were used at the Winter Paralympics:

Participating Nations

At least one athlete out of 45 teams had qualified to take part in the Sochi Winter Paralympics. This is a new record with a total of 547 participants. The teams from the following three NOKs made their Paralympic winter game debuts: Brazil , Turkey and Uzbekistan . No NOK from Africa took part.

Europe (29 countries, 337 participants)
America (6 countries, 131 participants)
Asia (8 countries, 67 participants)
Oceania (2 countries, 12 participants)

Logo, mascot and slogan

The mascot for the XI. Winter Paralympics in Sochi depict a snowflake and a ray of light (“Snowflake” and “Ray Of Light” - in Russian: “Snezhinka” and “Luchik”). Both come from other planets, according to the background story assigned to them, and look different. They discover the sport that the people do there and develop new sports together, such as wheelchair curling and sledge ice hockey, and were admired by people. Their participation in sports has shown them that they are no different from the people on earth.

The official motto of the Games, announced in September 2012, is “Жаркие. Зимние. Твои. "Or" Hot. Cool. Yours ”,“ Hot. Cool. Yours". Dmitri Tschernyshenko said that the motto describes the diversity of Russia. It also refers to "the passion of sport, the season and the perception of Russia in the world and the Olympic Games for everyone".

Ceremonies

Opening ceremony

Opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics

The opening ceremony of the XI. The Winter Paralympics were held in the Sochi Olympic Stadium on March 7, 2014 under the motto "Breaking the Ice". 2500 performers paid tribute to Russian culture in scenes, such as ballet , and addressed the dismantling of barriers in society. Many of the 2500 actors also had impairments. During the entry of the nations, almost all participating nations waived the waving of Russian flags due to the situation in Crimea .

After the speech of the President of the International Paralympic Committee Philip Craven , in which he called for "unbiased thinking", Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the games. Russian Paralympic athletes Olesja Wladykina and Sergei Schilow lit the Olympic torch in Sochi. The opening ceremony ended with a video against discrimination.

Closing ceremony

During the closing ceremony, the alpine skier Toby Kane from Australia and Bibian Mentel-Spee , a snowboarder from the Netherlands, were awarded the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award , which is given at every Paralympic.

During the closing ceremony, the Paralympic flag was presented to the Mayor of Pyeongchang , the venue for the 2018 Winter Paralympics .

Sports and schedule

Legend for the competition program shown below:

  •  Opening and closing ceremony
  •  Qualifying competitions
  •  Final decisions

    • Last column: total number of decisions in the individual sports

    2014 Winter Olympics schedule (with number of decisions)
    Fr. Sat So Mon Tuesday Wed do Fr. Sat So total
    March  7th  8th.  9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14th 15th 16.
    opening
    biathlon 6th 6th 6th 18th
    Wheelchair curling 1 1
    Sledge ice hockey 1 1
    Alpine skiing 6th 3 3 0 (1) 3 3 8th 3 3 32
    Cross-country skiing 2 4th 6th 2 6th 20th
    graduation
    Medal decisions   12 5 7th 12 6th 3 11 7th 9 72
    Fr. Sat So Mon Tuesday Wed do Fr. Sat So total
    March 7th 8th. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14th 15th 16.
    (1) Due to fog, the second run in the super combined, and with it the medal decisions, were postponed to Friday.

    doping

    A positive doping test was taken from the Italian sledgehockey player Igor Stella before the games.

    Criticism and controversy

    Crimean crisis

    As a result of the Euromaidan in Ukraine and the new transitional government following the disempowerment of President Viktor Yanukovych by the Ukrainian parliament, parts of the predominantly Russian-born population on the Crimean peninsula have rebelled against the new transitional government of Ukraine, which now also consisted of members of right-wing extremist parties . On 27/28 In February 2014, the regional parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea , several airports and military bases were occupied by troops not marked with national emblems . On March 1, the Duma voted for a possible deployment of Russian military in Ukraine. This development has led to an increased boycott of the Paralympics .

    On March 2, 2014, British Prime Minister David Cameron announced that due to the current crisis in Crimea, no official representatives of the British government would attend the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Even Prince Edward will not travel to Sochi. On March 3, 2014, the spokeswoman for the United States National Security Council announced that no US government officials would be attending. The Netherlands , Austria and Norway will also boycott the Paralympics on the part of the government. On March 5, the German government decided not to send any representatives to the Paralympics. However, depending on the development of the situation in Crimea, a subsequent posting can still take place. On March 7th, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announced that the French government would boycott the Winter Paralympics.

    The International Paralympic Committee stated that no athletes would yet boycott the Winter Paralympics.

    The Ukrainian team takes part in the Winter Paralympics after lengthy discussions. Valery Suskevich, chairman of the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine, said the team would reserve the right to boycott if the situation in Crimea escalated. As a sign of protest, only the biathlete and cross-country skier Mikhailo Tkachenko appeared as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony . The remaining 30 delegates stayed away from the celebrations.

    Web links

    Commons : Winter Paralympics 2014  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Medal table on the International Paralympic Committee website www.paralympic.org (English)
    2. ↑ Sochi 2014. sochi2014.com, accessed on March 6, 2014 .
    3. ↑ Winter Paralympic Games Overview International Paralympic Committee, accessed April 4, 2020
    4. ↑ Sports facilities - Coastal Cluster. sochi2014.com, accessed January 12, 2013 .
    5. ^ Elke Windisch: Dance of Death in Sotschi. Badische Zeitung, February 7, 2014, accessed on February 9, 2014 .
    6. ↑ Sports facilities - Mountain Cluster. sochi2014.com, accessed January 12, 2013 .
    7. ↑ The story of the mascots "Ray of Light" and "Snowflake". (No longer available online.) Www.oepc.at, archived from the original on March 4, 2014 ; accessed on March 4, 2014 .
    8. ↑ "Hot. Cool. Yours. ”: Sochi's Olympic slogan should stand for passion. (No longer available online.) Handelsblatt GmbH, September 25, 2012, archived from the original on January 10, 2014 ; Retrieved February 11, 2013 .
    9. ^ Rob Harris: Ukraine's 1st Medalist at Sochi Appeals for Peace. ABC News, March 7, 2014, accessed March 10, 2014 .
    10. ↑ Stathi Paxinos: Sochi Winter Paralympics: Toby Kane becomes first Australian to win Games' top award. Sydney Morning Herald, March 15, 2014, accessed April 1, 2014 .
    11. ↑ Schedule and Results. sochi2014.com, accessed January 13, 2013 .
    12. ↑ Positive doping test in Paralympics participants. Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 7, 2014, accessed on March 12, 2014 .
    13. ^ British Officials to Boycott Sochi Paralympics. The New York Times, March 3, 2014, accessed March 6, 2014 .
    14. ↑ Erik Brady: USA won't send presidential delegation to Sochi Paralympics. USA Today, March 3, 2014, accessed March 6, 2014 .
    15. ↑ Angela Ulrich: Boycott with a back door. Norddeutscher Rundfunk, March 6, 2014, archived from the original on March 6, 2014 ; accessed on March 6, 2014 .
    16. ^ Paralympics open under cloud of Crimea crisis. France 24, March 7, 2014, accessed March 7, 2014 .
    17. ↑ Sochi Paralympics 2014: No plans for boycott - IPC. BBC Sport, March 3, 2014, accessed March 6, 2014 .
    18. ↑ Nik Afanasjew / Annette Kögel: One-man show as a protest. Tagesspiegel, March 7, 2014, accessed March 7, 2014 .