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Record number of female Para athletes set for Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
Games will feature 564 Para athletes from 46 countries competing across six sports
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Paralympic Games set to go digital for Beijing 2022
'For Beijing 2022, we are enabling everyone from athletes to TV viewers to become Paralympic creators with Gifs, stickers and frames that they can use in their own content'
![Andrew Parsons is pictured on a large screen at the Opening Ceremony of Beijing 2022 alongside a sentence of his speech which reads: 'tonight I want to begin with a message of peace'](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Andrew%20Parsons%20Beijing%202022%20Opening%20Ceremony.jpg)
IPC President Andrew Parsons' Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony speech
Full text of Andrew Parsons' Opening Ceremony address
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Canada faces USA on day one ready to move away from the haunting past
Three games kick off the Paralympic tournament on Saturday (5 March) with hosts China and Slovakia making their Games debut
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Echoes of 2008 to be heard at Beijing 2022
Beijing 2008 proved to have a transformative effect and now China will welcome over 560 athletes for the Winter Paralympics
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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
![Flag bearer Sin Eui Hyun of South Korea leads the team during the Opening Ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/PyeongChang%202018%20Opening%20Ceremony%201.jpg)
Down memory lane: PyeongChang 2018, the biggest Games so far
PyeongChang 2018 Games broke all international broadcast and online viewing records, attracting more broadcasters and viewers than ever before for a Paralympic Winter Games outside of the host country
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Excitement mounts as Beijing gears up for Opening
Paralympic Winter Games branding gives city another facelift
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Home favourites China going big in Beijing
96 athletes, 73 events, six sports – the hosts are hoping for medal rewards
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Ideson hopes for “loonie luck” at Beijing 2022
Canadian skip Mark Ideson reveals a special tradition
![Students and choir members from the Beijing School for Blind feel and touch the torch as torchbearer Dr. Yao Yufeng (L) holds it out after the start of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Torch Relay.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Torch%20Relay.jpg)
Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Torch Relay gets underway
At the Beijing School for the Blind, 30 students and teachers sang ‘World with Love’
Austria’s blend of experience and youth could be just the ticket
‘We have some really promising young athletes’ – Chef de Mission Julia Wenninger
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Down memory lane: Sochi 2014, the Games that changed the mindset
From a city with a 'zero track record in terms of accessibility' Sochi became a role model for disabled-friendly infrastructure.
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Down memory lane: Vancouver 2010, the milestone Games
Nearly 1,200 media representatives covered the Games – an increase of 12 percent from the previous Paralympics
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Anna-Lena Forster can inspire a youthful Germany
Chef de mission Dr. Karl Quade targeting a top-10 finish
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Keeping it in the family – Aigner twins join the dynasty
World Championship success paves way for Austrians to shine in Beijing
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Down memory lane: Torino 2006, an Italian odyssey
A record 1,037 media representatives arrived in Torino to cover the Games, and the host broadcaster, International Sports Broadcasting (ISB), provided more than 130 hours of live coverage
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WADA backed Independent Observer Team commends IPC for anti-doping policies in Tokyo
IPC releases details of anti-doping programme for Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
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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’