Games are definitely not a party anymore.
On February 20, already, the 24th Winter Olympiad ended in Beijing in a unique atmosphere, between magnificent sporting exploits and an atmosphere with absent subscribers.
The health framework, extremely strict in China, did not encourage celebration, or even emotion, except to be part of the medalists.
But since then, the pandemic is no longer the only one wanting to spoil the Olympic parade.
To discover
The 2022 Winter Olympics medal table
Full results of the 2022 Winter Olympics
By attacking Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Russia have swung the world into a climate of tension and anguish, the danger going from viral to nuclear.
It is in this extremely heavy context that the Beijing Paralympic Games open this Friday.
Those of the
"invisible"
, to use the terms of the French standard-bearer, Benjamin Daviet, who should unfortunately remain so in the media until their closure on March 13 due to international news and when their merit and their bravery are so big.
International pressure
Symbol of this environment…
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