PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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South Korea looking to build up on PyeongChang success in Beijing
Asian team is making its fourth Paralympic appearance in Para ice hockey and the first after winning bronze on home soil in 2018
![Heinz Frei of Switzerland in action during Cross Country training at the Turin 2006 Winter Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Heinz_0.jpg)
Summer or winter, Swiss legend Heinz Frei is master of all
‘I like to win but a healthy body and mind is the biggest win and brightest medal’
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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
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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/2022-02/Ronny-Persson.jpg)
Paralympic Alpine Skiing medallist 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/2023-06/Lisabunschoten%201_0.jpg)
Lisa Bunschoten grateful to be flying the flag with boyfriend Vos at Beijing 2022
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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Ole Fredrik 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