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Day 1: Paralympic Winter Games preview
After a spectacular Opening Ceremony, competition will get underway in four sports at Beijing 2022

North American rivalry to set Beijing 2022 alight
Para Ice Hockey at Beijing 2022 will feature all-time rivals the USA and Canada

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
Beijing 2022 will see young athletes emerging and Paralympic champions returning

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

Aigner achieves Paralympic glory on Games debut
Austrian 16-year-old upsets defending champion Mac Marcoux in the men's downhill vision impaired

US stalwart Oksana Masters starts off campaign with gold
Wins her first career gold in Biathlon and dedicates it to the people of Ukraine and US

Farkasova wins first gold of Beijing 2022
Slovakian vision impaired alpine skier took gold in the downhill

Winter Paralympics preview: Para Biathlon day one
All you need to know about day one (5 March) of the Para biathlon action at the Zhangkjiakou National Biathlon Centre

USA’s Sweeney to make Paralympic return
Josh Sweeney retired after winning gold with the USA Para Ice Hockey team at Sochi 2014

Sport and athletes the winners as Beijing Games get underway
'The 21st Century is a time for dialogue and diplomacy, not war and hate. The Olympic Truce for peace during the Olympic and Paralympic Games is a UN Resolution adopted by consensus by 193 Member States at the 76th UN General Assembly. It must be respected and observed not violated.'

Record number of female Para athletes set for Winter Paralympics
Games will feature 564 Para athletes from 46 countries competing across six sports

Paralympic Games set to go digital
'For Beijing 2022, we are enabling everyone from athletes to TV viewers to become Paralympic creators with Gifs, stickers and frames that they can use in their own content'

IPC President Andrew Parsons' Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony speech
Full text of Andrew Parsons' Opening Ceremony address

Canada faces USA ready to move away from haunting past
Three games kick off the Paralympic tournament on Saturday (5 March) with hosts China and Slovakia making their Games debut

Echoes of 2008 to be heard at Beijing 2022
Beijing 2008 proved to have a transformative effect and now China will welcome over 560 athletes for the Winter Paralympics

Tokyo 2020 champion Birgit Skarstein is back on the snow
Norwegian shares love of dancing is key to alternating between Para Rowing and Para Cross-Country Skiing

Down memory lane: PyeongChang 2018, the biggest Games
PyeongChang 2018 Games broke all international broadcast and online viewing records, attracting more broadcasters and viewers than ever before for a Paralympic Winter Games outside of the host country

Excitement mounts as Beijing gears up for Opening
Paralympic Winter Games branding gives city another facelift