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Day 9: Paralympic Winter Games preview
The final day of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter will be highlighted by the Para Ice Hockey final and Closing Ceremony
![Team USA Para ice hockey players in full gear without helmets posing for a photo with gold medals.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rsz_1gettyimages-1384727942.jpg)
USA beats Canada to take fourth consecutive Paralympic gold
Defending champions trash North American rivals for the second time in Beijing to take fifth-ever Para ice hockey title
![Jesper Pedersen celebrates after winning another gold in Beijing](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Jesper-Pedersen_0.jpg)
Jesper Pedersen leaves Beijing as Games' most successful Paralympian
Giacomo Bertagnolli and Arthur Bauchet also emerge triumphant on final day of Para Alpine Skiing competition
![Andrew Parsons is pictured with his arms wide open while speaking during the closing ceremony of Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Parsons%20Closing%20Ceremony.jpg)
IPC President Andrew Parsons' Beijing 2022 Closing Ceremony speech
Full text of Andrew Parsons' Closing Ceremony address
![US Relay Team](/sites/default/files/2022-03/US%20relay%20team_0.jpg)
US win relay to end gold drought in Cross-Country
'It's such a cool gold medal for all of us, it's so much fun'
![Fireworks emerge from the top of the Birds Nest National Stadium with its metal exoskeleton during the closing ceremony of Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Closing%20Ceremony%20fireworks%20Beijing%202022.jpg)
Beijing 2022 Games close with savouring memories
'For sure, China has set a benchmark for all future winter Games. For certain, China is now a Paralympic winter sports powerhouse.'
![Group photo of Para ice hockey players and staff celebrating the win.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rsz_1gettyimages-1384571398.jpg)
Yifeng Shen and Zhidong Wang lead China to historic bronze on home soil
Host nation defeats South Korea to claim its first international medal only five years after starting a Para ice hockey programme
![A man in a sit ski sliding into the snow.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rsz_51834986100_bbacfbb251_o.jpg)
Winter Paralympics preview: Para alpine skiing closing day
Men's slalom vision impaired, standing and sitting events wrap up the Games at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre
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Winter Paralympics preview: Para cross-country skiing closing day
Mixed and open relays conclude the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games programme at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre on Sunday
![Two Para ice hockey players in full gear, one in white and the other in the blue jersey, pushing each other to gain possession of the puck.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rsz_2gettyimages-1380091182.jpg)
Billy Bridges ready to lead young Canadians in final against USA
North American rivals meet for the second consecutive Paralympic final with Canada trying to erase 5-0 defeat at opening game in China
![Chinese wheelchair curlers hold their gold medals in the air](/sites/default/files/2022-03/China%20wheelchair%20curling%20gold.jpg)
Day 8 review: Wheelchair Curling gold for China, McKeever equals record
China beat Sweden for gold in Wheelchair Curling
![The Chinese wheelchair curling team raise their arms in the air in celebration](/sites/default/files/2022-03/China%20WC%20final.jpg)
China retain Wheelchair Curling gold
China reach their second consecutive title to cement themselves at the top of the sport
![Chenyang Wang of China reacts after winning the gold as compatriot Jiayun Cai looks on following the Men's Middle Distance Free Technique Standing at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Chenyang%20Wang.jpg)
China swell medals tally in Cross-Country
Hongqiong Yang completes hat-trick
![Chinese wheelchair curlers cheers with their arms in the airGett](/sites/default/files/2022-03/China%20wheelchair%20curling%20day%20five.jpg)
Day 8: Paralympic Winter Games preview
Champions will be crowned in Wheelchair Curling on the penultimate day of Beijing 2022
![Ebba Aarsjoe celebrates with Swedish flag after winning her second gold at Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Ebba-Aarsjoe_0.jpg)
Ebba Aarsjoe ends Beijing campaign with second gold
Austria's Veronika Aigner and Germany's Anna-Lena Forster also emerged triumphant on final day of female Para Alpine Skiing competition
![Brian McKeever](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Brian%20McKeever%204.jpg)
Unstoppable Brian McKeever speaks on his time and more
Completes hat-trick of titles in Beijing
![Birgit Skarstein and Joshua Peter Dueck](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Athletes%27%20Council.jpg)
New members of IPC Athletes' Council elected at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics
Two members announced – third position is tied and remains vacant until the Athletes’ Council can make a decision
NPCDP supported Mongolians take home vital “experience”
'The benefits of the NPCDP programme not only to develop athletes and improve the quality of the training'
![A man on sit ski's pushes himself towards the finish line with two sticks, one in each hand.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rsz_1gettyimages-930254204.jpg)
Winter Paralympics preview: Para cross-country skiing day four
Defending champions to be challenged in the middle-distance races on the penultimate day of competition in China
![Anna Lena Forster hits a gate during the slalom of the super combined at Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Forster%20Beijing%202022.jpg)
Winter Paralympics preview: Para alpine skiing day six
The slalom is the last event for female Para alpine skiers with three gold medals to grab at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre on Saturday