PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Mark ideson of Canada is held by a teammate as he goes to release the curling stone at Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Mark%20Ideson%20Canada%20Beijing%202022.jpg?itok=0ElJr0xw)
Canada back in black in wheelchair curling
Canada overcome defending champions China on day one
![Yujie Guo of China looks determined as she skis in the women's sprint standing in front of clear blue skies](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Guo%20Beijing%202022.jpg?h=cf3fd9dd&itok=d82ZiyzU)
Day 1 review: Chinese medal rush underway at Beijing 2022
China win eight medals in Para Biathlon and Para Alpine Skiing on day one
![Zixu Liu of China competes in the men's sprint sitting Para Biathlon in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Liu%20Zixu.jpg?h=23a8d665&itok=EL2J-GZk)
Zixu Liu strikes gold to put hosts China in top three
Ukraine on top of the medal table after day one
![A female skier in a slalom competition](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-01/Bochet2-LillehammerGSlalom.jpg?itok=bVAip7n6)
Day 1: Paralympic Winter Games preview
After a spectacular Opening Ceremony, competition will get underway in four sports at Beijing 2022
![Two Para ice hockey players celebrating with a fist bump on their sledges.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-02/rsz_51277196165_9033f998df_o.jpg?itok=qGI6JiZs)
North American rivalry to set Beijing 2022 alight
Para Ice Hockey at Beijing 2022 will feature all-time rivals the USA and Canada
![wheelchair curlers watching a stone](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/180316135656845_China%2Bwin%2Bcurling.jpg?itok=4rWDlQNo)
China go for home victory in Wheelchair Curling
The hosts aim to continue their historic form from PyeongChang 2018 and grab a second gold
Old and new rivalries to spice up Para Biathlon competition
Beijing 2022 will see young athletes emerging and Paralympic champions returning
![A female skier following her guide in a Para alpine skiing race](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-07/170221%20Barbara%20Aigner%20AUT%201a.jpg?itok=8rcLdPTN)
Speed, skill and guts: Reputations on the line in Para Alpine Skiing
More than 200 of the world’s best skiers set to lay it all on the line at Beijing 2022
![Johannes Aigner of Team Austria and his guide Matteo Fleischmann react after crossing the finish line](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Johannes-Aigner_0.jpg?itok=oCIQ8goD)
Aigner achieves Paralympic glory on Games debut
Austrian 16-year-old upsets defending champion Mac Marcoux in the men's downhill vision impaired
![Oksana Masters of United States celebrates winning gold with silver medallist Yilin Shan of China and compatriot bronze medallist Kendall Gretsch in the women's Sprint Sitting Para Biathlon on Day One of the Beijing 2022 Paralympics Winter at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Oksana%20Masters%20Beijing%202022%20Day%201%20win.jpg?itok=siwWqzQ_)
US stalwart Oksana Masters starts off campaign with gold
Wins her first career gold in Biathlon and dedicates it to the people of Ukraine and US
![Henrieta Farkasova and guide Martin Motyka](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Henrieta-Farkasova.jpg?h=44d72b99&itok=qCp_CoKi)
Farkasova wins first gold of Beijing 2022
Slovakian vision impaired alpine skier took gold in the downhill
![A female athlete ski's on a flat circuit with her goggles on.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/rsz_3gettyimages-1365423275.jpg?itok=V6efVox_)
Winter Paralympics preview: Para Biathlon day one
All you need to know about day one (5 March) of the Para biathlon action at the Zhangkjiakou National Biathlon Centre
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USA’s Sweeney to make Paralympic return
Josh Sweeney retired after winning gold with the USA Para Ice Hockey team at Sochi 2014
![Fireworks can be seen from the inside surrounding the Birds Nest Stadium](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Fireworks%20at%20Opening%20Ceremony%20of%20Beijing%202022.jpg?h=b6d16b45&itok=oFjl_6b5)
Sport and athletes the winners as Beijing Games get underway
'The 21st Century is a time for dialogue and diplomacy, not war and hate. The Olympic Truce for peace during the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a UN Resolution adopted by consensus by 193 Member States at the 76th UN General Assembly. It must be respected and observed not violated.'
![Oksana Masters](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-02/Oksana.jpg?itok=wuc4R4Vl)
Record number of female Para athletes set for Winter Paralympics
Games will feature 564 Para athletes from 46 countries competing across six sports
![A general View outside the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest and Yangshan River.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-02/Stadium%20Bird%27s%20Nest_0.jpg?itok=Y3fNlX2H)
Paralympic Games set to go digital
'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/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Andrew%20Parsons%20Beijing%202022%20Opening%20Ceremony.jpg?h=4982b57e&itok=spOLXSrO)
IPC President Andrew Parsons' Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony speech
Full text of Andrew Parsons' Opening Ceremony address
![A male player on a sledge kicks the puck with a stick.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/rsz_1gettyimages-932181530.jpg?itok=FtHYd_cw)
Canada faces USA ready to move away from haunting past
Three games kick off the Paralympic tournament on Saturday (5 March) with hosts China and Slovakia making their Games debut
![A Para Alpine sit-skier makes their way down the course during training in the shadow of the trees](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Para%20alpine%20skiing%20at%20Beijing%202022.jpg?h=b3ce6901&itok=kh4YB9w3)
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