Paralympics: Federal President says goodbye to German disabled athletes

Great honour: The team of the German Disabled Sports Association will be presented at the 4th World Championships on 4 April. Frank-Walter Steinmeier on her way to the Paralympics.

Steinmeier will personally extend his best wishes to the 20 athletes, the four accompanying runners and those responsible for the DBS President Friedhelm Julius Beucher at Frankfurt Airport for the games in Pyeongchang from 9 to 10 September. till 18. March.

The departure of the German team around “Golden Girl” Anna Schaffelhuber, who won five gold medals in Sochi in 2014, is planned for about 6 pm. Arrival in South Korea will be on Monday noon. Whoever will attend the opening ceremony on 9. The German flag will be carried into the stadium in March, is still open.

At the Paralympics, 80 competitions will be held in six different sports: Para ice hockey, wheelchair curling, alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon and cross-country skiing. A total of 670 athletes from 45 nations are expected.