PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Old and new rivalries to spice up Para Biathlon competition at Beijing 2022
Beijing 2022 will see young athletes emerging and Paralympic champions returning
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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/2022-03/Johannes-Aigner_0.jpg)
Teenage sensation Johannes Aigner achieves Paralympic glory on Games debut
Austrian 16-year-old upsets defending champion Mac Marcoux in the men's downhill vision impaired
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US stalwart Oksana Masters starts off Beijing campaign with gold
Wins her first career gold in Biathlon and dedicates it to the people of Ukraine and US
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Henrieta Farkasova wins first gold of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
Slovakian vision impaired alpine skier took gold in the downhill
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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
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USA’s Sweeney to make Paralympic return
Josh Sweeney retired after winning gold with the USA Para Ice Hockey team at Sochi 2014
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Sport and athletes the winners as Beijing Games get underway
'The 21st Century is a time for dialogue and diplomacy, not war and hate. The Olympic Truce for peace during the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a UN Resolution adopted by consensus by 193 Member States at the 76th UN General Assembly. It must be respected and observed not violated.'
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Record number of female Para athletes set for Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
Games will feature 564 Para athletes from 46 countries competing across six sports