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![Brian Brian McKeever and Guide Graham Kennedy smile and wave after receiving their gold medals at Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Brian%20McKeever%20Beijing%202022.jpg)
Day 3 review: McKeever, Turner, make history for Canada
A great day for Canada propels them to third in the medals table
![IN THE FORM OF HER LIFE: Gold medallist Oksana Shyshkova of Ukraine (left) with guide Andriy Marchenko celebrates after winning the Para Cross-Country Skiing Women's Long Distance Classical Technique Vision Impaired at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Oksana%20Shyshkova%201.jpg)
Grand double for Ukraine’s Oksana Shyshkova
'I think I will realise my great achievement here after everything ends and I get home'
![Brian McKeever](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Brian%20McKeever%202.jpg)
Canadian legend Brian McKeever inches closer to Gerd Schenfelder’s record
'If we win, we'll take it. If we're fourth, then that's the beauty and the pain of sport, you just turn around and shake everybody else's hands because they beat you.'
![A male cross-country skier behind his male guide in a Para cross-country skiing race](/sites/default/files/2022-03/1277088%20%281%29.jpg)
Winter Paralympics preview: Para cross-country skiing day two
All eyes are on Canada's Brian McKeever as he tries to defend the title won in Pyeongchang and win the 18th Paralympic medal
![Menqiu Zhang bites her gold medal](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Mengqiu%20Zhang%20Beijing%202022.jpg)
Day 2 review: Rising stars shine at Beijing 2022
China move to the top of the medals table after adding their first golds in Para Alpine Skiing and Para Cross-Country
![A male cross-country skier following his guide on a snowy track observed by three people](/sites/default/files/2021-12/Brian%20McKeever%20-%20Canmore%202021.jpg)
Day 3: Paralympic Winter Games preview
The first medals in Para Snowboard will be won on Monday
![A male Para snowboarder during a competition](/sites/default/files/2022-01/GettyImages-1365929748.jpg)
Day 2: Paralympic Winter Games preview
Scores will be settled on the ice in Para Ice Hockey and Wheelchair Curling
![EYEING ONE LAST HURRAH: Brian McKeever is the most decorated cross-country skier in Paralympic history.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Brian%20McKeever%201.jpg)
Brian McKeever hopes for golden goodbye at Beijing 2022
Most decorated male Para Cross-Country skier of all time will try to increase his incredible medal total
![Peng Zheng](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Peng%20Zheng%20.jpg)
Peng Zheng, Hongqiong Yang leave strong field shell-shocked
“It’s a race of mental strength and a race of experience. I just told myself, ‘Steady! Hang in there! Don’t give up!’”
![A woman with goggles pushing herself forward with two sticks in a sit ski competition on a sunny day.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/rsz_1gettyimages-932960874.jpg)
Winter Paralympics preview: Para cross-country skiing day one
Oksana Masters and Kendall Gretsch will be battling for gold again while Ukraine and South Korea are favourites in the men's race
![a female Para Nordic skier on the snow](/sites/default/files/images/171205122854529_Birgit%2BSkarstein%2Bski.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 champion Birgit Skarstein has turned her focus to skiing
Norwegian shares love of dancing is key to alternating between Para Rowing and Para Cross-Country Skiing
![a male Nordic sit skier](/sites/default/files/images/180313005533407_Cristian%2BRibera.jpg)
Cristian Ribera has high hopes for Beijing after bagging Brazil’s first Worlds medal
‘I can guarantee that I will fight to the end to be among the best’
![EYEING ONE LAST HURRAH: Brian McKeever is the most decorated cross-country skier in Paralympic history.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Brian%20McKeever%201.jpg)
Canadian star Brian McKeever hoping to go out a winner
'I never did this sport for the recognition. I did it to see what I could get out of my body.'
![2022 Toyota Big Game Commercial: Brothers Extended Cut | Start Your Impossible](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/4Zw8hbWKlF-61sxYTht4PoUJQ6EKoj5xI3xxo0SiC-U.jpg?itok=1ekpmRtK)
Paralympic champion Brian McKeever featured in Toyota's emotional Super Bowl ad
The Canadian vision impaired skier is the most decorated male cross-country Paralympian in history
![Zebastian Modin, guided by Emil Joensson, swept all cross-country races at the 2018/19 World Cup in Ostersund](/sites/default/files/images/190121130213505_Nordic-Skiing-Ostersund.jpg)
Zebastian Modin embraces big challenges as he plans for fourth Winter Paralympics
Swedish Nordic skier describes health and guide issues as a ‘few bumps in the road’
![⭐ Ones to Watch - Para cross-country skiing ⛷ | Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/AMQrVPdtXtV5LxmbanzyboAHm2tGmQ7YAwGPn9XWXJ0.jpg?itok=F24vXQcM)
Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para Cross-Country skiing
Champions and hopefuls - here are the Para Cross-Country skiers to keep an eye on
![🤓 We Know You Didn't Know - Para cross-country skiing ⛷ | Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/JZND1VUI1fSODqJBEb0895oEAMXdAVNU0ctzZFO4Li4.jpg?itok=kKA__JDg)
Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para Cross-Country Skiing
Get to know more about one of the two winter Para sports that have been part of the Paralympic programme since the first edition in 1976
![Norway's nordic skier Ragnhild Myklebust at the 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympic Winter Games](/sites/default/files/images/140218101938415_getty.jpg)
The extraordinary story of record-breaker Ragnhild Myklebust
‘The competition was the most interesting thing, not the medals’
![A female sit-skier in a Para cross-country skiing competition](/sites/default/files/2022-02/51854781692_25bc4c657a_c.jpg)
Oksana Masters adds Para cross-country skiing Crystal Globe to list of 2022 triumphs
Russia dominates the rankings with 10 globes while USA's Para Nordic skier closes the season with three gold medals at Ostersund World Cup
Lillehammer 2021: Top 10 Moments
A lookback at two memorable weeks of Para alpine skiing, Para Nordic skiing and Para snowboard at the first World Para Snow Sports Championships