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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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Paralympian feels ‘selfish and guilty’ amid Ukraine invasion as she wins gold

Ukrainian athletes have continued to compete in the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympics despite their country currently being under attack from Russian forces

Daily Mirror

Menna Fitzpatrick and Neil Simpson add to Winter Paralympics medal haul

British duo Fitzpatrick and Simpson both took bronze in their respective Super Combined events.

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Winter Paralympics: Team GB add two more bronze medals to Beijing tally

Team GB took their medal tally for the Beijing Winter Paralympics to five with bronze medals in both the men’s and women’s visually impaired super combined skiing.

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Winter Paralympics: Neil Simpson admits winning landmark gold with brother was ‘very special’

Menna Fitzpatrick also won a silver in the women’s super-G to become Great Britain’s most decorated Winter Paralympian

The Independent UK

Winter Paralympics: Neil Simpson wins Great Britain’s first gold medal of Games

The 19-year-old took victory in the men’s super-G vision impaired alongside his guide and brother Andrew

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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

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Australian Ben Tudhope eyes off men's snowboard cross medal at Beijing Winter Paralympics

Australia's Ben Tudhope is a chance of finishing on the podium in the men's snowboard cross SB-LL2 at the Beijing Games after advancing to the quarterfinals as the fourth fastest qualifier.

ABC News

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

The 19-year-old took victory alongside his guide and brother Andrew.

The Independent UK

Games begin with calls for Ukraine peace

BEIJING -- The 2022 Winter Paralympics started in Beijing on Friday with the opening ceremony, even as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine.

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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.

Evening Standard

Ukrainian athletes call for peace after medal haul on day one of Beijing Winter Paralympics

Ukraine's athletes put a difficult week behind them as they clinched seven medals — including three golds in biathlon — on an emotional first day at the Beijing Winter Paralympics.

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Winter Paralympics: Millie Knight defies setbacks and fear to win ParalympicsGB’s first medal of Beijing Games

The 23-year-old finished on the podium in the women’s visually-impaired downhill after facing a rocky ride to even reach the start line

The Independent UK

Ukraine top Winter Paralympics medal table with three golds on opening day

‘I tried thinking about the competition, but it’s difficult. What’s more important is life. It’s our people, our children.’

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Winter Paralympics 2022: GB win first medal as Ukraine soar on day one

GB opened their campaign at the Winter Paralympics with a bronze for Millie Knight and her guide Brett Wild in the very first medal event

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Biden says US and allies have ‘raised the costs’ on Russia over its aggression, as credit card giants Visa and Mastercard halt Russian business operations

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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.

Daily Mirror

‘Angry’ IPC president makes powerful speech at Winter Paralympics opening ceremony

International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons delivered a passionate speech ahead of the 2022 Winter Paralympics as the opening ceremony took place amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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IPC president condemns Ukraine war at Winter Paralympics opening ceremony

Andrew Parsons throws away decades of tradition of only making guarded comments at such events as Russian team departs Beijing

The Independent UK

Winter Paralympics: IPC president Andrew Parsons condemns ‘war and hate’ at opening ceremony

Russian and Belarusian athletes were set to compete under a neutral flag in Beijing, before the IPC made a dramatic U-turn and banned participants from those nations

ABC News

Australian sports minister calls for Russia to be excluded from world sport after Ukraine invasion

On the evening of the opening ceremony of the Winter Paralympics in Beijing, Australia joins other countries in calling for Russia to be exiled from world sport after the country's invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Winter Paralympics: Russia withdraws appeal against athletes’ ban on eve of Games

Russia’s Paralympians will miss the 2022 Winter Paralympics after deciding against appealing their Games-wide ban.

The Independent UK

Winter Paralympics 2022 LIVE: Opening ceremony takes place without Russian athletes

Paralympics are officially opened at the Bird’s Nest in Beijing - follow all the latest updates

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

Evening Standard

Winter Paralympics begins under familiar Russian cloud as inexperienced Team GB eye medals

Yet another Games finds itself overshadowed by the spectre of Russia.

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