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![A male Para snowboarder during a competition](/sites/default/files/2022-01/GettyImages-1365929748.jpg)
Day 2: Paralympic Winter Games preview
Scores will be settled on the ice in Para Ice Hockey and Wheelchair Curling
![Para Snowboarder Sandrine Hamel in action at PyeongChang 2018](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Sandrine-Hamel.jpg)
Canada, China look for first Paralympic snowboard medals
History could be made at Beijing 2022 if this season’s results are anything to go by
![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)
Brian McKeever hopes for golden goodbye at Beijing 2022
Most decorated male Para Cross-Country skier of all time will try to increase his incredible medal total
![Peng Zheng](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Peng%20Zheng%20.jpg)
Peng Zheng, Hongqiong Yang leave strong field shell-shocked
“It’s a race of mental strength and a race of experience. I just told myself, ‘Steady! Hang in there! Don’t give up!’”
![Japanese sit-skier Momoka Muraoka celebrates with her gold medal](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Momoka-Muraoka.jpg)
Momoka Muraoka extends winning streak with second gold
Japanese wins super-G sitting as China dominate day 2 of Para Alpine Skiing competition
![Zhang Mengqiu reacts with joy after finishing her race in Beijing](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Zhang-Mengqiu.jpg)
Zhang Mengqiu secures China's first Para Alpine Skiing gold ever
Chinese 19-year-old upsets French legend Marie Bochet to win the women's super-G standing
![Laura Valeanu and Mihaita Papara carry the Romanian flag at the Opening Ceremony of Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Valeanu-Papara.jpg)
Mihaita Papara chases Para Snowboard success inspired by winter Para sports pioneer
Romanian three-time Winter Paralympian Laura Valeanu encourages compatriot Papara to take up Para sports
![A Para ice hockey player moves past the goalie navigating the puck with a stick.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rsz_gettyimages-1380372425.jpg)
Shen leads China to a historic Paralympic victory
USA eases past Canada in the PyeongChang 2018 final replay with Czech Republic displaying dominant performance against Italy
![A woman with goggles pushing herself forward with two sticks in a sit ski competition on a sunny day.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/rsz_1gettyimages-932960874.jpg)
Winter Paralympics preview: Para cross-country skiing day one
Oksana Masters and Kendall Gretsch will be battling for gold again while Ukraine and South Korea are favourites in the men's race
![Mark ideson of Canada is held by a teammate as he goes to release the curling stone at Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Mark%20Ideson%20Canada%20Beijing%202022.jpg)
Canada back in black in wheelchair curling
Canada overcome defending champions China on day one
![Yujie Guo of China looks determined as she skis in the women's sprint standing in front of clear blue skies](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Guo%20Beijing%202022.jpg)
Day 1 review: Chinese medal rush underway at Beijing 2022
China win eight medals in Para Biathlon and Para Alpine Skiing on day one
![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/2022-03/Liu%20Zixu.jpg)
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/2022-01/Bochet2-LillehammerGSlalom.jpg)
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/2022-02/rsz_51277196165_9033f998df_o.jpg)
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/images/180316135656845_China%2Bwin%2Bcurling.jpg)
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 at Beijing 2022
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/2021-07/170221%20Barbara%20Aigner%20AUT%201a.jpg)
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
![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/2022-03/Oksana%20Masters%20Beijing%202022%20Day%201%20win.jpg)
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
![Henrieta Farkasova and guide Martin Motyka](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Henrieta-Farkasova.jpg)
Henrieta Farkasova wins first gold of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
Slovakian vision impaired alpine skier took gold in the downhill