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Great Britain face tough battle to reach wheelchair curling final in Beijing

Great Britain face a battle to qualify for the semi-finals of the wheelchair curling after mixed results on day four of the Winter Paralympics. Skip Hugh Nibloe, Gregor Ewan, David Melrose, Meggan Dawson-Farrell and Gary Smith boosted their chances ...

08 Mar 2022 at 16:25

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Menna Fitzpatrick falls just short of third Winter Paralympics medal in Beijing

Menna Fitzpatrick narrowly missed out on a third medal at the Beijing Winter Paralympics on the penultimate day of the 2022 Games. ParalympicsGB’s most decorated athlete had already claimed silver in the super-G and bronze in the visually impaired ...

12 Mar 2022 at 10:25

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‘Best of humanity’ on show at Winter Paralympics – Dame Katherine Grainger

Dame Katherine Grainger believes the Beijing Winter Paralympics have displayed the “best side of humanity and sport” in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Athletes from Russia and Belarus were banned from participating by the International ...

13 Mar 2022 at 15:55

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Ollie Hill claims historic bronze medal for GB in Paralympic snowboarding

Ollie Hill claimed Britain’s first ever medal in Paralympic snowboarding with bronze in the banked slalom. His first run of one minute 10.45 seconds was enough to secure a place on the podium just ahead of team-mate Owen Pick, who had to settle ...

11 Mar 2022 at 10:25

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Paralympic skier Steve Arnold admits he had no ambitions to be an elite athlete

Wounded war hero Steve Arnold admits he never wanted to be an elite athlete as he sets out to emulate the exploits of fellow injured veterans on his Paralympics debut. Arnold’s life changed irreversibly in 2011 when the Army career he loved ...

25 Feb 2022 at 07:25

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Ex-firefighter David Melrose: Wheelchair curling has ‘made me complete again’

Former firefighter David Melrose says wheelchair curling has made him feel “complete again” ahead of his Paralympics debut in Beijing. Melrose was left paralysed from the waist down after being struck by a falling steel beam in 2010 while ...

25 Feb 2022 at 07:25

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A closer look at Great Britain’s hottest Winter Paralympics medal prospects

ParalympicsGB has selected 25 athletes across four sports for Beijing 2022. The team – GB’s biggest for a winter Games since Lillehammer in 1994 – will compete between March 4-13 in alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, snowboarding and curling. ...

25 Feb 2022 at 07:25

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Ukraine top medal table as Millie Knight and Brett Wild win GB’s first gold

Ukraine finished the opening day of the Beijing Winter Paralympics on top of the medal table after claiming three golds as Millie Knight and Brett Wild won Great Britain’s first medal of the Games. Grygorii Vovchynskyi was the first ...

05 Mar 2022 at 12:55

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Menna Fitzpatrick and Neil Simpson add to Winter Paralympics medal haul

Skiers Menna Fitzpatrick and Neil Simpson both claimed their second medals of the Winter Paralympics in Beijing on Monday. Simpson, who won gold in the vision impaired Super-G on Sunday, followed that by taking bronze in the Super ...

07 Mar 2022 at 10:55

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IPC chief Andrew Parsons makes plea for peace as Paralympics open in Beijing

International Paralympic Committee president Andrew Parsons used his speech at the opening of the Beijing Winter Paralympics to make an impassioned plea for peace in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Thursday, the IPC ...

04 Mar 2022 at 15:55

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Chef de mission: ParalympicsGB were adamant Russia and Belarus shouldn’t compete

Chef de mission Phil Smith says ParalympicsGB were adamant Russian and Belarusian athletes should not be allowed to compete at Beijing 2022 due to the “horrific” events in Ukraine. Athletes from those countries have been banned ...

03 Mar 2022 at 15:55

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Gregor Ewan to contest third Paralympics after making GB curling squad

Paralympic bronze medallist Gregor Ewan has been named in Great Britain’s five-strong wheelchair curling squad for Beijing 2022. Ewan, who was part of the team which finished third at Sochi in 2014, has been selected for his ...

04 Jan 2022 at 16:25

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