The will to sports

Bright moments of the Paralympics in Sochi

On March 16, the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games took place in Sochi. A week before, at a meeting with the Russian Paralympic team, President Vladimir Putin promised to award the medalists in the same way as the Olympic champions: to present Mercedes-Benz cars. However, gifts are unlikely to be an important motivation for people who could overcome, if not the laws of nature, then certainly themselves. Their very will to life and sports is an undoubted victory

Athletes with the defeat of both the upper and lower extremities can take part in the standing races of “standing”

At the Paralympics, many ski competitions are as follows: a sighted guide is running ahead of a visually impaired athlete, informing him about the features of the highway. The English athlete Kelly Gallagher (right) and her guide Charlotte Evans, who received a gold medal for competitions in supergiant slalom. March 10, 2014

Brazilian Fernando Roha on a ski race among men in the category of "sitting". March 9, 2014

Skis use “seated skis”, ski sticks, outrothers (combined version of skis and sticks). A special calculation system equalizes the chances of athletes depending on their classes and equipment with which they act. Skier from the USA Daniel Knossen. Sochi, March 9, 2014

Norwegian skier Marian Martinsen (left) rejoices in the victory in the sprint in the category "sitting". March 12, 2014

Athlete from Norway Birgit Scarstain in a ski race 15 km in the category "Sitting". March 9, 2014

Russian Kirill Mikhailov, who won the final of the sprint race with a free style in the standing category. March 12, 2014

Biathlonist from Germany Andrea Eskau, who won the gold medal in the biathlon race in the category "Sida". Athletes with visual impairments use a rifle in the biathlon, giving a sound signal during aiming. March 8, 2014

Russian Roman Petushkov, who won in the final race in the sprint race in the category "Sida". March 12, 2014

In the trail-Hockey, athletes move on ice on a sleigh, starting with a teeth with a club. The second club is hockey, but shorter, about a meter long.

Photos: Valdrin Xhemaj/EPA/ITAR-TASS, Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/East News, Artem Korotaev/ITAR-TASS, VALDRIN XHEMAD/ITAR-TASS, Vladimir Smirnov/ITAR-TASS, Dmitry Lovetsky/AP/East News,