PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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US Para Ice Hockey team looking to continue dominance
Stars hoping to see Para Ice Hockey on the same level as Olympic Ice Hockey one day
![China's Haitao Wang celebrates the gold after defeating Norway in the Curling Mixed medal match at the PyeongChang 2018 Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Wang%20Haitao.jpg)
China look to build on home advantage
Though its Wheelchair Curling team starts as firm favourites at Beijing 2022, China will be hoping for medals from their other athletes as well
![A female swimmer in the pool, hanging onto a rope with both hands before the race start.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/rsz_ellie_challis_backstroke_start_%232_bpsm_2022.jpg)
Challis and Clegg shine on for hosts in Aberdeen
Aberdeen 2022 sets the bar high with epic performances and lots of records at the start of the Para Swimming World Series season (17-20 February)
![EYEING ONE LAST HURRAH: Brian McKeever is the most decorated cross-country skier in Paralympic history.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Brian%20McKeever%201.jpg)
Canadian star Brian McKeever hoping to go out a winner
'I never did this sport for the recognition. I did it to see what I could get out of my body.'
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Australians in form at the home World Series
The three-day event (18-20 February) in Melbourne is the second of five stops in the Para Swimming World Series 2022
![A firework display inside the stadium during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Oylmpic%20Winter%20Games%20closing_1.jpg)
Over to Paralympians to hog limelight at Beijing
The spectacle is set to be held across five venues begins on 4-13 March
![Oksana Masters](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Oksana.jpg)
Ever-inspiring Oksana aims for Masterly act at Beijing
'I feel like this is literally going to be my Paralympic journey as an athlete coming full circle. I wanted to get to the 2008 Beijing Summer Games so bad. And I failed to make it.'
![Annemie Schneider](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Annemie%20Schneider.jpeg)
Golden girl Annemie Schneider recalls Royal seal of approval
'King Carl Gustaf of Sweden told me that he was very proud to present such an excellent athlete with a gold medal'
![Latvia's wheelchair curler Polina Rozkova in action](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Rozkova%201.jpg)
Skip Polina Rozkova hopes Ice Cube will inspire history-making Latvia
‘We need to do it now. It is the right time’
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Changwon to host annual shooting Para sport World Cup through to 2025
Competition marks first multi-year agreement for World Shooting Para Sport and will take place at shooting range of the 2018 ISSF World Championships