The Chinese Paralympic delegation, headed by the chairperson of China’s Disabled Persons’ Federation, Zhang Haidi, attended the ceremony.
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But the IPC announced a huge surge in sales ahead of tomorrow’s opening ceremony.
ATHLETE Bethany Woodward has withdrawn from the forthcoming Paralympic Games over allegations that some more able-bodied athletes are being wrongly classified to boost medal prospects.
PRC will have total of 308 athletes.
More than 9,000 people, including two-thousand volunteers, will work at the Athletes Village during the Paralympics.
Team GB will hope to continue its summer of success and better the 34 gold medals won in London 2012, with over 270 athletes flying to Brazil for the Paralympic Games.
“We are problem solvers by nature and fight for what we believe in”, and reiterated that he was “fully confident Rio 2016 will be the best Games ever in terms of athletic performance”. I hope for an unforgettable experience in Rio.
“The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games achieved an important milestone on Sunday as it reached 1.5m tickets sold”, the IPC said.
China’s shooting team will experience their first action at the firing range Thursday.
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“Participants in Paralympic events are grouped into categories according to the degree of their disability so that competitions are fair, but concerns across all Paralympic sports about incorrect categorisation have been increasing globally as the sport has developed”, it explains. Craven, however, also noted that there were still 10 countries that might not be able to afford the costs of travelling to Rio for the Paralympics, going on to say that “We want full participation here”.
