BOLZANO. Friday, March 4, will kick off in Beijing i Paralympic Winter Games.
Among the 700 athletes who will take part in 78 different events there will also be seven South Tyrolean athletes.
The seven athletes from South Tyrol are all called up in the Italian national team of para Ice Hockey.
This is Christoph Depaoli, Alex Enderle, Stephan Kafmann, Julian Kasslatter, Stefan Kerschbaumer, Nils Larch e Matteo Remotti Marnini.
In China there will also be the people of Trentino Gianluca Cavaliere, Gianluigi Rosa and Francesco Torellaregistered for the South Tyrolean disabled sports group (Gsda).
In total, the blue expedition will consist of 32 athletes. “Our South Tyrolean athletes are already in Beijing to participate in these Games, special in many respects” – underlines the president of the Province of Bolzano and councilor for sport. Arno Kompatscher – We are particularly proud that our province is also strongly represented at these Paralympics, we will all cheer from afar and keep our fingers crossed for our athletes. ”