PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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‘Hopes for Team USA go far beyond medal expectations’
Chef de Mission Dussliere wants Beijing 2022 athletes to live out their dreams
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Down memory lane: 2002 - Games of the Americas
After Japan capitalised on hosting the event at Nagano and finished fourth in 1998, the 2002 edition was an opportunity for the United States to make the most of home advantage
![A file image of the Nagano 1998 Paralympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-02/1998_%20Nagano.jpg?itok=IPwIidNi)
Down memory lane: 1998 - The first Winter Games outside Europe
The 7th edition of the Paralympic Winter Games received great coverage through print and electronic media
![Ronny Person of Sweden in action during the PyeongChang 2018 wheelchair curling competition](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-02/Ronny-Persson.jpg?h=d5cd04fc&itok=ArxKs6kb)
Ronny Persson ready for second Games as curler
Twenty years after his last Winter Games as a Para Alpine skier, the Swede will make his second Wheelchair Curling Paralympic appearance
![Lisa Bunschoten and boyfriend Chris Vos will be the Dutch flagbearers at the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-06/Lisabunschoten%201_0.jpg?itok=vlM_HUNF)
Bunschoten grateful to be flying the flag with boyfriend Vos
Snowboarders will hope to be the Netherlands’ golden couple in China
Down memory lane: The Games of Change — 1992 and 1994 Winter Games
In the 1994 Games, Norway's Ragnhild Myklebust emerged as the most outstanding athlete with five gold, two silver and two bronze
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Syversen is game for a laugh despite pain of defeat
Norwegian wheelchair curler still thinks about PyeongChang 2018 heartbreak every day, while hoping for another shot at gold in Beijing
![Bibian Mentel-Spee of Netherlands competes in the women's Banked Slalom SB-LL2 at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-02/Bibian%20Mentel-Spee.jpg?itok=xDIvP6Om)
Moments etched in history of Paralympic Winter Games
The Games, over the years, have witnessed many outstanding performances by the Para athletes that will remain vivid in our minds for years to come
![Host Austria during the Opening Ceremony of the 1984 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-02/Team%20Austria%201984..jpg?h=ab7ea223&itok=UuiyGkAO)
Down memory lane: 1984 and 1988 Winter Games at Innsbruck
German Alpine skier Reinhild Moeller was the star of the 1984 Winter Games, claiming three gold and one silver.