PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Day 7: Paralympic Winter Games preview
Semi-finals and the bronze medal match in wheelchair curling and Para Ice Hockey highlight day 7 at Beijing 2022
![Liudmyla Liashenko of Ukraine poses after winning the Para Biathlon Women's Individual Standing at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Liudmyla%20Liashenko.jpg?h=a251383d&itok=xpW5Yz5q)
Ukraine signs off with best ever performance in Para Biathlon
Finish with eight gold, nine silver and five bronze
![Veronika Aigner and guide and sister Elisabeth Aigner react after winning the giant slalom gold medal](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Aigner-sisters.jpg?itok=GoW_3xsu)
Aigner siblings achieve Paralympic glory
Veronika Aigner wins giant slalom gold with guide and sister Elisabeth, while Barbara takes bronze
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Masterclass by Oksana to seal second gold
China’s Liu also completes a grand double
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Winter Paralympics preview: Para biathlon day three
Rookies going against legends on the final day of Para biathlon action at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre
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Winter Paralympics preview: Para alpine skiing day five
All you need to know about the women's giant slalom events taking place on Friday 11 March at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre
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Banked slalom wraps up Para snowboard action on Friday
Four new Paralympic champions to be crowned at the Genting Snow Park on day seven of the Beijing 2022 Paralympics
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Wheelchair Curling semi-finals set
Defending champions and hosts China safely through
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Barlaam's favourite, Lignano hosts season's third World Series
Paralympic champions galore in attendance as traditional event welcomes nearly 300 athletes from 40 countries in Lignano Sabbiadoro
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China, Slovakia, Canada, Sweden into semis; Finland grab historic gold
Defending champions China secure a semi-final spot in wheelchair curling, Canada aim to reclaim their Paralympic title
![Finnish Para Alpine skier Santeri Kiiveri competes at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Santeri-Kiiveri.jpg?itok=ZYOQdIlx)
Kiiveri wins Finland's first Paralympic Alpine Skiing gold ever
Austria's Johannes Aigner and Norway's Jesper Pedersen also emerge triumphant on day 4 of Para Alpine Skiing competition in Beijing
![Arthur Bauchet smiles after his downhill victory](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Arthur-Bauchet.jpg?itok=6Rdxt7_F)
Day 6: Paralympic Winter Games preview
Semi-finallists too close to call in wheelchair curling
![Chinese Para Ice Hockey player Cui Yutao celebrates after the victory against the Czech Republic](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Cui-Yutao.jpg?h=bf62273e&itok=BA9-l-di)
China look to shock USA for final berth
Beijing 2022 Para Ice Hockey semi-final clash between hosts and four-time Winter Paralympic champions promises to be thrilling
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USA and Canada favourites for final despite China's rise
Former Canada's national team player Kevin Rempel comments on the final weekend of the Para ice hockey action in Beijing
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Winter Paralympics preview: Para alpine skiing day four
Men's giant slalom vision impaired, standing and sitting gold medals up for grabs at the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Centre on Thursday (10 March)
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All to play for in Wheelchair Curling
China, Sweden, Canada and Slovakia currently occupy the top four
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Hosts march to the semifinal after a thriller against the Czechs
South Korea and China are two teams going to the medal round after winning in their qualifying finals on Wednesday in the National Indoor Stadium
![Gold medallist Carina Edlinger of Austria looks on with her guide dog Riley following the Women's Sprint Free Technique Vision Impaired Final flower ceremony in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Carina%20Edlinger.jpg?h=da977f03&itok=TGSxHorY)
Day 5 review: Edlinger golden as Para Ice Hockey semi-finals set
Austria, Canada, China and France pick up golds in Para Cross-Country Skiing
![Gold medallist Benjamin Daviet of France (C), silver medallist Marco Maier of Germany (L) and bronze medallist Grygorii Vovchynskyi of Ukraine (R) celebrate their win in the Men's Sprint Free Technique Standing in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Benjamin%20Daviet%20Beijing%202022.jpg?itok=NylzsnqL)
Gold for Daviet, McKeever, Wilkie and Edlinger
'I don't want to sound too confident, but I was fairly sure I had a good chance of winning a medal today and it was just a matter of deciding the colour'
![Gold medallist Zheng Peng of China (C), countrymate silver medallist Mao Zhongwu (L) and bronze medallist Collin Cameron of Canada (R) pose during Men's Sprint Sitting Final flower ceremony in the Beijing 2022 Paralympics Winter Games at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Beijing%202022%20Zheng%20Peng.jpg?h=e6fa66b8&itok=k12mbk10)
China’s Peng Zheng, Hongqiong Yang compete a brace of golds
'We've been training at home in recent years, but we hope to get out to different countries in the coming years and to learn from them and do well'