PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Ronny Persson #3 of Team Sweden gathers with his teammates for a cheer before competing in the Mixed Wheelchair Curling Round Robin Match between Great Britain and Sweden during Day Four of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at National Aquatics Centre](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Sweden%20wheelchair%20curling%202.jpg?itok=2NoSvb7x)
Sweden take the lead in Wheelchair Curling
With two wins Sweden lead the standings at the end of day four
![Leonie Maria Walter and Guide Pirmin Strecker hold the German flag behind them as they celebrate winning](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Walter%20at%20Beijing%202022.jpg?itok=Wn8UUXqv)
Day 4 review: Walter halts Shyshkova, Canada through to semi-finals
Double podium sweep for Ukrainian biathletes, Gretsch gets past Masters
![Image of women in a Para Powerlifting competition](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/power-1-34.jpg?itok=rwNcebpn)
World champions join event in honour of Siamdan Rahman in Iran
Abdelkareem Khattab and Ahmad Aminzadeh triumph at four-day event in Tehran
![Canadian wheelchair curler Ina Forrest pushes the stone on the ice rink](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-11/wheelchair-curling.jpg?h=845a67ca&itok=nvY_y07H)
Forrest, the force behind Canada’s curling dominance
Female participation has grown in the mixed gender sport since its Winter Paralympic debut at Turin 2006
![Iryna Bui](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Bui.jpg?h=c52d48fd&itok=YPktgOpB)
Dominant Ukraine make double sweep in Para Biathlon
Ukraine’s Vitalii Lukianenko becomes the most successful Para Biathlete
![male Para Nordic skier Cristian Ribera](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/190315133143089_Cristian-Ribera-PyeongChang.jpg?h=9c41c1f5&itok=BPVtzdLR)
Day 5: Paralympic Winter Games preview
Qualification finals to decide Para Ice Hockey semi-finals
![Yujie Guo of China looks determined as she skis in the women's sprint standing in front of clear blue skies](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Guo%20Beijing%202022.jpg?h=cf3fd9dd&itok=d82ZiyzU)
Day 4: Paralympic Winter Games preview
Biathletes return to the track for the middle distance
![GOLDEN RUN: Kendall Gretsch of United States reacts after winning the Para Biathlon Women's Middle Distance Sitting at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Kendall%20Getsch%20.jpg?itok=fVes8sZP)
Kendall Getsch gets the better of Oksana Masters for gold
‘I haven't really been feeling that confident the past couple of races so I didn't really know what to expect today, but I felt really good all the way through’
![Corey Peters celebrates after winning his first Winter Paralympic gold in Beijing](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Corey-Peters.jpg?itok=WMhlwkcS)
Corey Peters ecstatic after adding silver to his gold medal
New Zealand's Para Alpine skier admits he even exceeded his own expectations
![Dutch sit-skier Barbara van Bergen in action at Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Van-Bergen.jpg?itok=4NArEZWE)
Van Bergen campaigns for more women in Para sport
The 43-year-old is the only female skier in the Dutch Beijing 2022 Para Alpine Skiing team
![Paralympics New Zealand Chief Executive Fiona Allan was presented with the Award by IPC President Andrew Parsons](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Fiona-5.jpg?h=61c35ba6&itok=_2kBcaju)
2022 International Women’s Day Awards winners revealed
Women in the Paralympic Movement recognised for inspiring and emulating the Paralympic ideals and serving as positive role models
![A woman in a sit ski competition pushing herself forward with two sticks.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-02/rsz_1gettyimages-930276666.jpg?itok=daJINsQ9)
Winter Paralympics preview: Para biathlon day two
Paralympic medallists and hungry newcomers are set to go on snow for the Para biathlon middle-distance event in Zhangjiakou
![A Chinese wheelchair curlers reacts after releasing a stone](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/China%20wheelchair%20curling.jpg?itok=FQomcMdM)
China make come-back as Estonia, Latvia impress in Wheelchair Curling
China have now won three games after a slow start
![Brian Brian McKeever and Guide Graham Kennedy smile and wave after receiving their gold medals at Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Brian%20McKeever%20Beijing%202022.jpg?itok=FZB0KgH_)
Day 3 review: McKeever, Turner, make history for Canada
A great day for Canada propels them to third in the medals table
![Jesper Pedersen celebrates on the Beijing 2022 podium](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Jesper-Pedersen.jpg?h=ec219138&itok=5kBmGxdY)
Pedersen dedicates Beijing gold to late father
Norwegian claims second Winter Paralympic title in the super-combined sitting
![A male Para snowboarder in boardcross competition](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/GettyImages-1382010694.jpg?itok=j8-C_mUU)
Canada and China make Para snowboard history
Ji and Turner put their countries on top of the podium for the first time while Suur-Hamari defends his title and Hernandez wins women's race
![IN THE FORM OF HER LIFE: Gold medallist Oksana Shyshkova of Ukraine (left) with guide Andriy Marchenko celebrates after winning the Para Cross-Country Skiing Women's Long Distance Classical Technique Vision Impaired at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Oksana%20Shyshkova%201.jpg?h=219cf7c8&itok=-CtFauq9)
Grand double for Ukraine’s Oksana Shyshkova
'I think I will realise my great achievement here after everything ends and I get home'
![Swedish Para Alpine skier Ebba Aarsjoe in action at Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Ebba-Aarsjoe.jpg?itok=4Wo_cSNB)
Aarsjoe hopes her victory can inspire children with disabilities
Swedish Para Alpine skier wins maiden Paralympic title in Beijing
![Brian McKeever](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-03/Brian%20McKeever%202.jpg?h=713c938c&itok=y_wFNVUc)
Brian McKeever inches closer to Gerd Schenfelder’s record
'If we win, we'll take it. If we're fourth, then that's the beauty and the pain of sport, you just turn around and shake everybody else's hands because they beat you.'