Don’t know I would call it a planning issue - it just seems like someone accidentally aired the closing segment (and hence the network thought the coverage ended) too early.
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Day 1 Saturday 5 March
Three Australian Paralympians will be on show today, when the wintery action kicks off in Beijing.
Last night, Paralympic Alpine Skier Mel Perrine and Paralympic Snowboarder Ben Tudhope carried the Aussie flag into Beijing’s Bird Nest Stadium in a spectacular Opening Ceremony, but today it’s all down to business in the XIII Paralympic Winter Games
Vision impaired Alpine Skier Patrick Jensen and Guide Amelia Hodgson, will tackle the Downhill, alongside team mates Mitch Gourley and Sam Tait. Whilst all three compete in different classes, they are grouped together in the same event and a factoring or points system is used to determine the results meaning each athlete holds the same chance of success.
Also on 7plus today, tune into the Para-biathlon and Para-ice hockey
6.00pm 7NEWS | All the latest news and interviews from Beijing with reporter Matt Carmichael
10.30pm on 7 plus Wheelchair curling USA v Great Britain
11.00pm Paralympic-Ice hockey Slovakia v China
*Times AEDT
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Someone at the control room pressed the wrong button
China’s state broadcaster censored a part of a speech from the IPC President
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China need to be careful or else they will be banned too from sport like Russia and Belarus have been
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Unlikely unless if they openly declare their support for Russia and/or send troops to aid Russia.
Read between the lines and you can see where their support lies…
Was Gordon Bray commentating the world feed? I recognise the voice but unsure who exactly it was!
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I think it was Steve Robilliard.
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DAY 2 Sunday 6 MARCH
Four Australians including team co-captain Ben Tudhope are in action on Day 2 of the XIII Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing and surrounds.
Triple Paralympian Tudhope is considered one of Australia’s best medal chances after a spectacular 12 months in the Para World Cup Series and World Championships.
12:55pm on 7plus | Para Alpine Skier Patrick Jensen and Guide Amelia Hodgson, Mitch Gourley and Sam Tait will all contest the Paralympic Alpine Skiing Super-G event later this afternoon, their second event in two days.
All three began their campaigns in yesterday’s Downhill with Jensen finishing 8th in the vision impaired class and Gourley 20th in the standing class.
1:55pm on 7plus | Team co-captain Ben Tudhope makes his debut at the Games in Qualification for the Paralympic Snowboard Cross, an event introduced at the Sochi Games in 2014, the same Games Ben contested as a 14 year old.
Also on 7plus, Para-Ice hockey and Wheelchair curling
6.00pm 7NEWS | All the latest news and interviews from Beijing from reporter Matt Carmichael
11:00pm on 7plus | Para-ice hockey China v Czech Republic
Times AEDT
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NBC Paralympics watermark
DAY 3 / Monday 7 March
It’s all on the line today for Aussie Co-Team Captain Ben Tudhope.
The triple Paralympian qualified fourth in yesterday’s Para Snowboard preliminary event and today it’s all about medals.
At just 22, this is his third Games having debuted as a 14-year-old in Sochi, where he finished 10th in this event and 10th again four years later in PyeongChang.
After a stellar season on the world cup tour in 20-21, he’s now considered one of the medal favourites and the moment of truth arrives later today.
12.55pm Para Cross Country Skiing Men’s 20km Final and Women’s 15km Final
1.00pm Super Combined Even The Super Combined Event consisting of the Super-G and Slalom has been brought forward to today due to weather. Patrick Jensen, Mitch Gourley and Sam Tait compete again, making it their third day in a row of competition
2.30pm Para Snowboard Cross Ben Tudhope is Australia’s big medal hope today as he contests the medal round in Para Snowboard Cross
5.30pm Wheelchair Curling LAT v SWE and KOR v CHN
6.00pm 7NEWS All the latest news from Beijing, live to reporter Matt Carmichael on the slopes
10.30pm Wheelchair Curling SWE v CAN
*All times AEDT
DAY 4 / Tuesday 8 MARCH
What a brilliant day for Aussie Ben Tudhope yesterday with a superb Bronze Medal performance in the Para snowboard cross!
Watch the Men’s Final again here on 7plus.
As a result of some weather re scheduling, the Aussie Para Alpine skiers have a rest day today and tomorrow but there’s still plenty of action on 7plus.
12:30pm and 5:30pm on 7plus -Wheelchair Curling
12:55pm on 7plus-10 kilometre Men’s and Women’s Para Biathlon
4:00pm on 7plus- Para Ice Hockey
6.00pm 7NEWS | All the latest news and interviews from Beijing from reporter Matt Carmichael
7:30pm and 11:30pm*on 7plus – Para Ice Hockey
10:30pm on 7 plus - Wheelchair Curling
Download the 7plus app to stream every sport live, watch replays on demand and keep up to date with the medal tally.
*Times AEDT
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Lots of criticism online from broadcasters around the world not airing Paralympic coverage on TV. CBC showed para hockey over Canadian athletes winning gold on TV
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Very little coverage here in Australia as well. I saw a report on Seven News tonight of Australia’s first medal at the games; but no coverage on any other bulletin as far as I could tell. Even on Seven, just that report, no cross to the games during the news.
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Saw NBC’s schedule with limited coverage in the States. Everything behind a paywall on Peacock with 2-3 hours coverage on the main NBC channel
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At the very least, Seven should have shown the events featuring Australians on 7mate - even if it’s just using the OBS feed.
There’s also daily live coverage on both USA Network & the Olympic Channel.
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