Winter Paralympics: Day-by-day guide – BBC Sport

by Curtis Jones
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The Para-snowboarders are back in action for their second event – the banked slalom.

Athletes race against the clock down a winding course with tight turns. Each athlete has two runs and the best decides their final ranking.

Nina Sparks will create history as Britain’s first female Paralympic snowboarder in the women’s LL2 event, which starts the day with run one from 09:00 and run two from 10:50.

Ollie Hill won Britain’s first Paralympic medal in the sport with bronze in this event four years ago, and he will go again in the men’s LL2 (Lower Limb) event from 10:06 and 11:56.

Compatriot James Barnes-Miller, who was ninth in Beijing, will aim to challenge for a medal in the men’s UL (upper limb) event but Chinese riders will again be the ones to watch (09:22 and 11:12).

Briton Matt Hamilton makes his Games debut in the same division while Davy Zyw, who is thought to be the first snowsport athlete with motor neurone disease (MND) to compete at the Games, will be in action in his second event.

The women’s Para-Alpine skiing programme comes to an end with the slalom across the three divisions – visually impaired, standing and seated – with run one starting at 08:00 and run two from 12:00.

Briton Menna Fitzpatrick narrowly missed out on a medal in this event in Beijing, finishing fourth as Austria’s Veronika Aigner beat older sister Barbara.

Aigner will be favourite to retain her crown but will need to get the better of the likes of compatriot Elina Stary, who leads the World Cup standings, Italy’s Chiara Mazzel, and Alexandra Rexova of Slovakia.

Briton Hester Poole goes in the second of her two events with guide Ali Hall, with the teenager hoping to gain more experience of top-level competition.

In the seated division, Germany’s Anna-Lena Forster will hope to power her way to a third title in a row in the event but faces two tough Chinese rivals in Wenjing Zhang – the 2022 silver medallist – and Sitong Liu.

The wheelchair curling tournament comes to its climax with the mixed team final at 14:05.

Four years ago, China retained their title when they beat Sweden 8-3 on home soil. Can they make it three in a row?

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