PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![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