OlymPicks: Iran s Paralympic Winter Athletes Given Cold Shoulder, Japan Turns Down Chinese Vaccine Offer Mar 17, 2021 4:30 pm | 1 comment | 197 reads
In OlymPicks, we highlight news, gossip, and developments regarding the buildup to Beijing s 2022 Winter Olympics.
Iranian Paralympic athletes forced to chart their own course
Although Iran officially made its Paralympic Winter Games debut at Nagano in 1998, it wasn’t until the PyeongChang games two decades later that the country sent more than one athlete to compete. Back in the early days, the responsibility of representing the country fell squarely on the shoulders of Para alpine skier Sadegh Kalhor, however, today, the honor is split between three Para snowboarders – Puriya Khaliltash, Hossein Solghani, and Sedigheh Rouzbeh – and two Para cross-country skiers, Aboulfazl Khatibi Mianaei and Farzaneh Rezasoltani. Unfortunately, in a story akin to
Sunday, 14 February 2021
Lithuania has become the latest nation to begin vaccinating athletes against COVID-19 ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Lithuania National Olympic Committee released photos of the country’s first set of Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls receiving vaccinations on Thursday (February 11).
Coaches and medical staff were also able to receive the voluntary vaccinations.
The Lithuania National Olympic Committee said athletes and their team members were included in the priority list for vaccines by a Government decree, following a recommendation from the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports.
Athletes were split into two groups, with the first round of vaccinations given to 82 people.