Croatian athletes speak highly of Beijing Winter Paralympics

STORY: Croatian athletes speak highly of Beijing Winter Paralympics DATELINE: March 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Zagreb CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAMIR MIZDRAK, Croatian Paralympic Alpine skier 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BRUNO BOSNJAK, Croatian Paralympic snowboarder STORYLINE: Two Croatian Paralympic athletes shared their memories about the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at the Zagreb Airport upon return from Beijing. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAMIR MIZDRAK, Croatian Paralympic Alpine skier "My name is Damir Mizdrak. I'm a para Alpine skier. I'm 30 years old and I'm skiing technical events, slalom and giant slalom. My impressions are absolutely perfect about everything. I'm absolutely satisfied with the ski slopes, the (Paralympic) Village, Chinese people and ceremonies. Absolutely perfect, no one bad thing to say. Perfect. For sure the first thing that I will remember is people. People of China are so kind, and (have) big warm hearts. Everything for me was really good

Beijing 2022 Paralympics highly praised by athletes

STORY: Beijing 2022 Paralympics highly praised by athletes DATELINE: March 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAMIR MIZDRAK, Croatian Para Alpine skier 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): POL MAKURI, Spanish Para cross-country skier 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): HEINRICH POPOW, Former German Paralympian STORYLINE: With the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games closing on Sunday, participating athletes have spoken highly of organization of the Games in many aspects. Damir Mizdrak, a Para skier from Croatia, expressed his appreciation to China in an interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAMIR MIZDRAK, Croatian Para Alpine skier "Organization of the Beijing Paralympic Winter Games is absolutely perfect. From the ski resorts, slopes, whole (Paralympic) Village is absolutely perfect. There is no one thing that is bad to say. Impressive stadium for the opening ceremony, I think for me, (it is) the most beautiful stadium I have ever been. And for su