PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Dmitrii Lisov of Russia celebrates after scoring a penalty during the Ice Sledge Hockey match between the Russia and Korea

The eighth day of action includes Declan Farmer, Dmitry Lisov, Markus Salcher and Mikhalina Lysova.

Line Damgaard

Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland are sharing resources to help Paralympic winter sports grow.

Markus Salcher goes down the slope very fast, he seems to lose control

The final races for men's alpine skiers at Sochi 2014 will include the giant slalom across all classes.

Dmitry Lisov and Andy Yohe

The ice sledge hockey final is expected to be one of the biggest draws of the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

Roman Petushkov, Vladislav Lekomtcev, Grigory Murygin and Rushan Minnegulov

Russia won both the mixed and open relay cross-country skiing events at Sochi 2014.

Brody Roybal and Alexey Amosov

The host nation will take on the reigning gold medallists in their Paralympic debut in ice sledge hockey.

Tomas Kvoch

The Czechs beat the Italians for fifth place and the South Koreans defeated the Swedes for seventh at Sochi 2014.

Evan Strong

The sixth day of action includes Bibian Mentel-Spee, Evan Strong and Roman Petushkov.

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The Americans will try to defend their Paralympic title against the host nation on Saturday (15 March).

A picture of a woman doing snowboarding.

The American and Dutch riders head into the event as the ones to beat.