PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a woman doing snowboarding.

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

A picture of the slopes from the air

The penultimate day of competition will see slight changes to the start and end times of the two giant slalom runs.

Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel

Evan Strong and Bibian Mentel-Spee claimed the first-ever Paralympic golds in snowboard.

Zdenek Krupicka

South Korea and Sweden will play each other for seventh place in the ice sledge hockey tournament.

Agitos at  Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Centre

The International Paralympic Committe has issued a statement about the women's 12.5km biathlon standing race from Friday (14 March).

Marie Bochet skiing past a gate

France and Russia fared well in the super-combined races at Sochi 2014.

Jalle Jungnell of Sweden

In addition to being a Paralympic wheelchair curler, the Swede is the owner of a wheelchair manufacturing company.

Agitos Paralympic Flame Sochi 2014

Three male and three female athletes nominated for the eighth edition of the award which will be presented at the Closing Ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

Marie Bochet

The super-G portion of the women's super-combined races across all classes will take place on Day 7 at Sochi 2014.

Roman Petushkov

Russia and Ukraine dominated the long-distance biathlon events on Day 7 of the Games.