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AP PHOTOS: Images from the first half of Paralympics

The Winter Paralympics in Beijing have reached the midway point with almost 600 athletes from 46 delegations competing. Sunday's closing ceremony will end a long run of sports in the Chinese capital. The Winter Olympics began Feb. 4 and closed Feb. 20.

The Independent UK

Anderson makes summer-winter Para double

Just seven Australians have earned berths at both a Winter and Summer Paralympics, but while being adaptable is difficult it's not impossible.

AAP

Melissa Perrine, Rae Anderson and Kate McLoughlin: Meet the women of Australia’s 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics team

There are only a few women in Australia's Winter Paralympics team in Beijing, but they are making sure they stand out in the snow.

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Veteran Alpine skier wants teammates 'at the top of the world'

One athlete at the current Beijing Paralympics is a veteran on the national Alpine skiing team who once dreamed of being a professional soccer player and now takes younger skiers under his wing.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Sports are political: Reaction and inaction to Putin's war of aggression

On March 3, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced that all athletes from Russia and Belarus would be barred from competing at the 2022 Paralympics. The decision came less than a day after the IPC announced it was permitting athletes from both countries to compete as neutrals. The IPC’s ban,…

The Conversation

Japan flag bearer Kawayoke wins gold in para cross-country skiing

BEIJING -- Taiki Kawayoke, Japan's flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Paralympics, won a gold medal in para cross-country skiing on Monday.

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Fitzpatrick and Simpson add two more Winter Paralympics medals for GB

Menna Fitzpatrick and Neil Simpson each win bronze in the super combined Alpine skiing events at the Winter Paralympics

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Flag-bearer Kawayoke aims for medal together with his hero

BEIJING -- As flag bearer, para-skier Taiki Kawayoke led the Japan team as it marched at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympics on Friday night.

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Muraoka wins gold, Morii grabs bronze on Day 1 of Beijing Paralympics

BEIJING -- Alpine skier Momoka Muraoka won gold in the sitting category of the women's downhill on Saturday, becoming the first Japanese medalist at the Beijing Paralympic Winter Games, which opened Friday.

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Neil Simpson thrilled to win historic Paralympics gold with brother by his side

Skiing superstar Neil Simpson became the first male Paralympian to win gold for ParalympicsGB in Beijing with his triumph in the men's Super-G vision impaired skiing

Daily Mirror

Tudhope wins para snowboard cross bronze

Para snowboarding star Ben Tudhope has claimed bronze in the snowboard cross to snare Australia's first medal of the Beijing Winter Paralympics.

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Neil Simpson wins Great Britain’s first gold of 2022 Winter Paralympics

Neil Simpson won Great Britain’s first gold at the Beijing Paralympics in the men’s Super-G vision-impaired class and then hailed sharing the ‘special’ moment with guide and brother Andrew

The Guardian - UK

Neil Simpson celebrates landmark gold for Great Britain at Winter Paralympics

Menna Fitzpatrick took silver to become Britain’s most decorated Winter Paralympian.

The Independent UK

Paralympics a valuable chance to deepen understanding about disabilities

International Paralympic Committee board member Miki Matheson has high hopes that the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, which kick off Friday night, will be an event that showcases sporting excellence and deepens understanding about people with disabilities.

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Ukraine-born Oksana Masters wins first US gold of Beijing Winter Paralympics

Oksana Masters won the first US gold medal of the 2022 Beijing Paralympics on Saturday by taking first in the women’s biathlon sitting sprint

Evening Standard

Winter Paralympics: Ukraine top opening day medal table while Great Britain win downhill bronze

Ukraine topped the medal table on the opening day of the Beijing Paralympics, claiming three golds.

AAP

Tait crashes out in Para sitting downhill

Australia's Winter Paralympics medal smoky Sam Tait had high hopes in the men's downhill sitting but crashed and didn't finish the race.

Wales Online

Swimming legend Ellie Simmonds backing ParalympicsGB athletes in Beijing

Ellie Simmonds was joined by fellow Paralympic heroes at Hemel Hemostead's Snow Centre for an Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds, and Paralympic cyclist turned GB Snowboarder Jon-Allan Butterworth joined other Summer Paralympic athletes at The National Lottery Paralympic Watch Party to celebrate the start of the Winter Paralympic Games.

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The Guardian - UK

Should the Paralympics and Olympics unite? We ask an expert

Team GB Paralympic swimmer Ellie Robinson on whether she thinks a combined Games would be a good thing

Daily Mirror

Russian Paralympic Committee launch scathing attack on IOC as its athletes leave Beijing

Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from competing at the Winter Paralympics in Beijing on the eve of the Games amid the war in Ukraine, after the IPC performed a major U-turn

The Independent UK

Winter Paralympics start time, TV channels and how to watch

78 events will be held in six sports in Beijing, although Russian athletes won’t be competing after they were banned by the IPC

Daily Mirror

Paralympics GB boss lifts lid on 24 hours of turmoil at Beijing Winter Games

Russia and Belarus expelled after Athletes Village becomes a “very, very volatile environment”

The Independent UK

Winter Paralympics begin in shadow of war and without Russian athletes

Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from competing at the Games on Thursday after a late U-turn by the International Paralympic Committee

AAP

Jensen delights in Para downhill danger

Patrick Jensen will embrace the "ridiculous and dangerous" nature of downhill skiing when he kicks off Australia's Winter Paralympics campaign in Beijing.

The Independent UK

As war rages, Paralympics opening in Beijing without Russia

The 2022 Winter Paralympics are set to open in Beijing, with the Russian athletes sent home and the Ukrainian team escaping a war zone to get here

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