2022北京见|PyeongChang Winter Paralympics end with closing ceremony

The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympics celebrate the end of the nine-day competition with a closing ceremony on Sunday. The next Winter Olympics and Paralympics will be held in Beijing in 2022.

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Chinese athletes won the wheelchair curling final on Saturday at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games in South Korea, claiming the first gold medal for Team China at this year’s Games.

They beat Norway, who defeated the host team in the semi-final on Friday. In another intense game, Wang Haitao’s last shot managed to thread through a sea of stones and helped China to a 4-3 victory against defending champions Canada that secured the country’s first-ever medal at the event. 

Team China marched boldly forward on Saturday's game and made history in the wheelchair curling by defeating the world champions Norway 6-5 in the final.

A total of five Chinese curlers competed in the game, with Wang Haitao as the team captain. China's wheelchair curling team finished fourth at the Sochi Winter Paralympics in 2004. Wang guided China to their first finals appearance at the World Championships in 2015, where they lost to Russia for the gold medal.

China sent a delegation of 26 athletes to the PyeongChang Winter Paralympics, the most the country has ever sent to a Winter Paralympics. Chinese athletes competed in five sports, including wheelchair curling, and alpine and cross-country skiing. China also had participants in snowboarding and biathlon events for the first time. 

北京正在向你招手！See you in Beijing in 2022

The next Winter Paralympics is scheduled to take place in Beijing in 2022. Beijing will become the first city in the world to host both the Summer and Winter Olympics and Paralympics.

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