Dozens of guide dogs to be on duty at Beijing Paralympic Games
More than 60 furry volunteers will be on duty during the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games.
The Games, which open today and end on March 13, will provide 68 guide dogs trained at the China Guide Dog Training Center in Dalian, Liaoning Province, to serve visually impaired athletes.
The dogs have been trained to adapt to cold and complicated conditions. According to People's Daily website, all will wear a smart, domestically developed collar that contains the dog's details, including species and age.
A guide dog named Lucky accompanies Ping Yali to the finish line during the torch relay at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
China opened its first guide dog training center in 2006. Two of the trained dogs were on duty at the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
One of the dogs, Lucky, walked alongside Ping Yali, China's first women's long jump Paralympic gold medalist at the 1984 New York Paralympics. The other, Star, accompanied Li Duan, a two-time long jump gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games, when the Chinese delegation marched into the stadium.
A girl plays with a guide dog trained at the China Guide Dog Training Center in Dalian.
