PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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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
![Chinese standing skier comes down the mountain](/sites/default/files/2020-01/Zhang-Mengqiu.jpg)
Home favourites China going big in Beijing
96 athletes, 73 events, six sports – the hosts are hoping for medal rewards
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IPC to decline athlete entries from RPC and NPC Belarus for Beijing 2022
- Multiple NPCs, teams and athletes now threatening not to compete, jeopardising the viability of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
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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’
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IPC makes decisions regarding RPC and NPC Belarus
The RPC and NPC Belarus will participate as neutrals at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
Austria’s blend of experience and youth could be just the ticket
‘We have some really promising young athletes’ – Chef de Mission Julia Wenninger
![A giant ice breaker ship enters the arena of the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Sochi%202014%20Opening%20Ceremony.jpg)
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.