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Belgium sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were three skiers for Belgium. They were Jasper Balcaen, Eléonor Sana and guide skier Chloé Sana.

Team 
Belgium sent three people to Pyeongchang. They competed in para-alpine skiing. The team included Jasper Balcaen, Eléonor Sana and guide skier Chloé Sana. Eléonor Sana as the first person to qualify for South Korea. She was selected to be the flag bearer at the Opening Ceremonies. Sana said about this, "This will be a unique moment in my life and I will try to enjoy it as much as possible."

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Belgium") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Medals and medalists 
If a person wins a gold medal, the government pays them €25,000. A silver medal is worth €15,000. If they win a bronze medal, they get €10,000. Coaches of people who win get 10% the amount given to the sportsperson.

Para-alpine skiing
Para-alpine skiing

Skiers 
Eléonor Sana has been blind since she was born. She started skiing when she was a child. She started competing in ski races three years before the 2018 Games. Her sister is Chloé Sana. She is Eléonor's guide skier. They use a microphone and a headset in their helmets to talk to each other. Eléonor and her older sister won two medals at the 2017 World Championships. One was a silver and the other was a bronze. It costs them a lot of money to participate in ski races. There is not much sponsorship in Belgium. Chloé said this can make it very difficult to compete in races. Before the 2018 Games, Chloé wanted to win a medal. At the same time, she was happy just to be going to Pyeongchang.

Marine Antoine went with the Sana sisters to South Korea. She was a reserve guide in case an accident or injury happened to Chloe.
Jasper Balcaen finished twenty-ninth at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. He wanted to do better than that in South Korea. His goal was to finish in the top ten. After being named to the team in late January 2018, he said, "I am happy and honored to be able to defend my country for the second time at the winter games. The road to this selection was not always easy and would have been impossible without my family and my 2 trainers Gustav &    Mark Scorgie. The selection is the result of Teamwork. I hope this shows that no dream is impossible as long as you keep believing in it! " He trains in Stubaital, Austria. He is able to do that because of financial support from Ligue Handisport Francophone.

Schedule and training 
Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March. Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.
The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

Results 
Belgian B2 classified skier Eleonor Sana won bronze in the women's downhill vision impaired race.

Men

Women

References
Women

References 

Sport in Belgium
Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Brazil sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team included two men and one woman.  Two people competed in para-Nordic skiing.  One competed in para-snowboarding.  Aline Rocha is the first woman to be part of the Brazilian team at the Winter Paralympics.  It is the second time Brazil went to the Winter Paralympics.  They first went in 2014 to the Winter Paralympics in Sochi.

Team 
Brazil sent 3 people to Pyeongchang for the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  Two were para-Nordic skiers and one was a para-snowboarder. The team included Aline Rocha.  She is the first woman to be part of the Brazilian team at the Winter Paralympics. The country wanted to send 5 people to South Korea. They had the right to 2 spots in December 2017.  One spot was for a man and one spot was for a woman.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Brazil") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
History 
Brazil first competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2014 in Sochi. André Cintra competed in snowboarding. Fernando Aranha competed in cross-country skiing.

Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers

Aline Rocha 
In 2017 when she was 26-years-old, Aline Rocha finished well in important ski races. Her finishes meant she had the right to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. One race was a World Cup in Canmore, Canada in December 2017.  She finished 15th in the 800 meter sprint race.  She also finished 15th in the 5 kilometer race.
Rocha started cross country skiing in 2016. She uses a mono-ski.  She started skiing because Brazilian Winter Paralympic sportsperson Fernando Aranha encouraged her. In December 2016, she went to Europe.  She wanted to better her skiing results.  She first went to race in Sweden. In January 2017, she went to a World Cup in Ukraine. In November 2017, she went to ski races in Germany and Canada.  When she trains in Brazil, she uses a roller ski. It is similar to a normal racing wheelchair.  She uses ski poles with the chair.  She also trains with a special wheelchair that looks like a snowboard with wheels.  Her coach is Fernando Cassio Orso.
Before cross country skiing, Rocha competed in para-athletics. She was a T54 classified racer.  She has several national records in athletics.  She also went to the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She finished ninth in the 1,500 meter T54 race.  After the Winter Paralympics, Rocha wants to go to the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo.  She has a goal of winning a medal in Tokyo.  She quit university so she could try to win the medal in 2020.

Rocha has a disability.  It is because of a car accident when she was a 15-year-old.  The accident damaged her spinal cord.

Cristian Ribera 
Cristian Ribera was the last person named to the team for the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  He was named on 15 February 2018.

Ribera races in a sit ski. He competed at a World Cup in Oberried, Germany in January 2018.  He was in the 7.5 km.  He finished 11th with a time of 23 minutes and 54 seconds.
Ribera is an 18-year-old student. He is part of the Program of Sports and Adaptive Motor Activities (Peama) and the Management of Sports and Leisure (UGEL).  He wants to become a professional athlete.  He thinks sports are important for including people with disabilities into society.  He started skiing when he was a 15-year-old.

Results 
 Women's distance

Men's distance

Para-snowboarding

Snowboarders 
Cintra is going to his second Winter Paralympics.  At the 2014 Winter Paralympics, he finished twenty-eighth.  His goal for 2018 was to be better than he was in 2014.

Schedule and results 
The snowboard cross program has the race starting on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

References 

Sport in Brazil
Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Bosnia and Herzegovina sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  Only one person was on the team.  It was 19-year-old para-alpine skier Ilma Kazazic.

Team 
Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by only one person at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Ilma Kazazic competes in slalom and giant slalom.  Three people will accompany Kazazic.  The total delegation is four people.  The other people are team coach Leon Svetlin, doctor Mirsad Muftić, and chef-de-mission Osman Hadžić.  The team departed for South Korea in late February.  They arrived in the village on 6 March.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Bosnia and Herzegovina") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

History 
The country has never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics. Before 2018, only three people represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Winter Paralympics.  They were Nijaz Memic in 2010 and Ilma Kazazic and Senad Turkovic.  All three are para-alpine skiers.
Para-alpine skiing 
Ilma Kazazic is representing Bosnia and Herzegovina.  She competes in the slalom and giant slalom races.  Her coach is Leon Svetlin.

Schedule and results 
The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March.  The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.
References 

Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sport in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2010s in Europe
History of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  The country is sending one person, para-Nordic skier Svetoslav Georgiev. Georgiev competed at the Paralympics before.  In 2014, he finished 16th in the 1 km sprint qualification race.

Team 
Bulgaria is sending one person to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. The person is blind skier Svetoslav Georgiev. Chairman of the Bulgarian Paralympic Association Iliya Lalov said they do not have high expectations.  The country is good at Summer Paralympics.  They are not good at winter sports like skiing.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Bulgaria") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

History 
Bulgaria has never won a medal at the Winter Paralympics.  The country sent two people to the 2014 Winter Paralympics, and three people to the 2010 Winter Paralympics.  The 2010 team included  Joana Ermenkova, Alexander Stoyanov and Ivan Vatov.

Para-Nordic skiing
Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers 
Svetoslav Georgiev competed at the Paralympics before.  In 2014, he finished 16th in the 1 km sprint qualification race.  That was two spots ahead of the other Bulgarian, Jelez Kolev, who competed in the same race.  His best international ranking has been 27th.  That was in 2014.  The most recent recent ranking was in January 2018.  He was ranked 36th.

Georgiev is a member of the National Sports Academy Ski Club.  He is coached by Ivan Birnikov.  When he was young, his father encouraged him to practice sport.  He started skiing when he was a 7-year-old.  He started competing internationally in 2011. He was Bulgaria's flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.  He has also represented Bulgaria in para-athletics.

References 

Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sport in Bulgaria
Kazakhstan sent people  to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team spent two years preparing for the Winter Paralympics.

Team 
Six people and one guide skier from Kazakhstan went to  Pyeongchang, South Korea for the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  All are competing in para-Nordic skiing.  There are six men and one woman.  Three are going to their first Paralympic Games. They are coached by Vasily Kolomyjets ().

The table below is the list of members (called "Team Kazakhstan") that played in the 2018 Games.

Russian doping scandal
Letters to the IPC
15 National Paralympic Committees and the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation signed a letter to support the National Paralympic Committee of Russia in August 2017.  The countries included Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Laos, Moldova, Mongolia, Serbia, Tajikistan, Montenegro, and South Korea. They asked the IPC to let Russia compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  The letter was signed weeks before the IPC Governing Board met in Abu Dhabi.

IPC response
In September 2017, this decision was reviewed and upheld.  The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still had concerns about doping in Russian sport.  All the conditions the IPC required of the Russians were not met.

Hockey 
Kazakhstan did not join sledge hockey in 2018. The country is preparing for the future. They want to compete in sledge hockey in the future. Kazakhstan created a program in early 2018.  Toyota became a sponsor in October 2017.
Para-Nordic skiing 
Two years before the start of the Games, Kazakhstan wanted to win medals in South Korea. They started on two years of planning and training to do this. The team spent nearly a year training in Germany before the hosted Games.  They used snow tunnels during the summer months.  This allowed them to train in winter conditions all year. During the summer, they also trained using bicycles.  Because of sponsorship, many team members got new prostheses while in Germany.  Kolyadin said of his new prosthetic, "They created a new prosthesis. When I got it, I tried it. Now I am accustomed to using it. I think I will win by using it in the race. It takes time to learn new technology. But there is 100% control - I like it."  The team went to Russia for World Cup events.  They did more training in Russia.  They also went to a competition in Finland. The team returned to Almaty three weeks before the Games started.  This was so they could do additional training.
The national team had about fifteen people. Only seven are going to South Korea. Their average age is from about 27 years old to 40 years old.

References 

Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sport in Kazakhstan
21st century in Kazakhstan
Japan sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  The group from Japan was going to compete in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and sledge hockey.

Team 
There were three announcements with who would go to the 2018 Winter Games representing Japan.  The second announcement was made on 8 February 2018.  The last announcement was made on 18 February 2018.  The last announcement said two male para-alpine skiers would be going to South Korea. The country has the third largest team among all nations.  It has 38 people.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Japan") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Para-alpine skiing

Schedule and training 
Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March.  Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.
The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers raced between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March.  The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.
Results 
Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold in the women's downhill sitting race.  Momoka Muraoka of Japan won silver.  Laurie Stephens of the United States won bronze. In the men's downhill sitting race, Andrew Kurka of the United States won gold, Taiki Morri of Japan won silver and Corey Peters of New Zealand won bronze. In the women's Super-G sitting race, Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold, Claudia Loesch of Austria won silver, and Momoka Muraoka of Japan won bronze.

Para-Nordic skiing
Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers 
Keiichi Sato competes in two sports: para-triathlon and para-Nordic skiing.  The first sport he did was para-Nordic skiing.  As a member of Team Japan, he went to the 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics.  After para-triathlon became a Paralympic sport, Sato decided to try it.  He then was part of Team Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. He then went to the 2017 Triathlon World Championships.  After that, he stopped competing in para-triathlon.  He wanted to try to medal at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  He thought he needed to focus on para-Nordic skiing to do that.
Schedule and results 
On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

Para-snowboarding

Snowboarders 
Atsushi Yamamoto is a track and field competitor.  He won a silver medal in the men's T42 long jump at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.  In November 2017, he went to the World Para Snowboard World Cup in Landgraaf, Netherlands.  The World Cup was his first para-snowboarding competition.  Also there was Daniel Wagner of Denmark.  Wagner won gold in the event which Yamamoto won silver.  Both men had decided to compete internationally in snowboarding during the same year.
Schedule and results 
The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March.  It goesfrom 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

Sledge hockey

Roster 
Japan's team has 17 men. Their coach is Kojin Nakakita.

To the Games 
Japan, Sweden and the Czech Republic were the last 3 teams that were able to go to the 2018 Games. They could go because of how they finished at the Qualification Tournament in October in Ostersund, Sweden in October 2017.

Schedule and results 
The United States, South Korea, the Czech Republic and Japan were in Group B for the sledge hockey competition.  Japan plays against South Korea on 10 March.  They play the Czech Republic on 13 March.
 Preliminary round
Media and television 
For the first time, the Paralympic Games will be live on television.  The 2018 Games will be on NHK. People can watch on NHK General TV and NHK Educational TV channels. Some will be televised with a resolution of 8K.  There are going to be 62 hours of live coverage.

References 

Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sport in Japan
Italy sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  They are competing in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and sledge hockey. Italy finished in the first four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.  This was why they could compete in sledge hockey at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

Team 

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Italy") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Para-alpine skiing

Skiers 
Giacomo Bertagnolli is blind.

Before the Games 
17-year-old Giacomo Bertagnolli went to Slovenia in January 2018.  She competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora. Giacomo won the 2017 Para Alpine World Championships in the super combined race.

Schedule and training 
Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March.  Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.
Results 
Mac Marcoux won gold in the men's visually impaired downhill race.  Jakub Krako of Slovakia won silver.  Giacomo Bertagnolli of Italy won bronze. In the men's Super-G visually impaired race, Jakub Krako of Slovakia won gold, Giacomo Bertagnolli of Italy won silver, and Miroslav Haraus of Slovakia won bronze.

Sledge hockey

Going to the Games 
Italy finished in the first four at the 2017 Sledge Hockey World Championships.  This was why they could compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Italy played in the 2017 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in December in Charlottetown, Canada. Norway lost to Italy 4 - 3 in overtime at a tournament in Turin in January 2018.

Schedule and results 
Canada, Norway, Italy and Sweden were in Group A for the sledge hockey competition. They play against Norway on 10 March. They play against Canada on 11 March.
 Preliminary round

References 

Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Italy at multi-sport events
Iceland sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Iceland sent one man to Pyeongchang.  He competed in para-alpine skiing.

Team 

Iceland sent one man to Pyeongchang. He competed in para-alpine skiing.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Iceland") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

References 

Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sport in Iceland
Iran sent people  to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Iran had 2 people at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, 1 man and 1 woman who competed in para-alpine skiing. Elaheh Gholi Fallah was announced as the flag bearer.

Team 
Iran had 2 people at the 2018 Winter Paralympics, 1 man and 1 woman who competed in para-alpine skiing. Elaheh Gholi Fallah was announced as the flag bearer in late February. She is the first blind person to carry the flag for Iran at the Winter Paralympics.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Iran") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

References 

Sport in Iran
Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
2010s in Iran
Hungary sent people  to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  The country is sending three people to the games: One blind skier and his guide in para-alpine skiing and one woman para-Nordic skiing.  Hungary is returning to the Paralympics after having not gone to the 2014 Games in Sochi. Zsolt Balogh will be the first person who is blind to represent Hungary at the Winter Paralympics.
In June 2017, the National Paralympic Committee of Hungary, Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottság (MPB), announced the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) had given them a quota of at least three spots.  There were two spots for para-Nordic skiing and one spot for para-alpine skiing. The spot for para-alpine skiing was because of the performance of blind skier Zsolt Balogh and his guide skier Bence Bocsi. The para-Nordic skiing spots were earned by Krisztina Lőrincz.  She is an LW10.5 classified sit skier. MPB representative Laszlo Szabó said of this, "The successes at the Rio Games gave new impetus to Hungarian athletes. We are proud to be able to represent our country at the Winter Paralympics, and in the last Winter Games organized in Sochi there was no Hungarian sportspeople. It's a great success that we can start in three of the six sports contested Winter Paralympic Games, thanks to the great athletes and their coaches whose work here is to be thanked
." The three spots was one more than the government had been targeting earlier in the year.  The goal was to earn two spots.
Zsolt Balogh and his guide skier Bence Bocsi, and Krisztina Lőrincz were officially named to the team in November 2017. Balogh is the first person who is blind to represent Hungary at the Winter Paralympics.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Hungary") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

History 
Hungary first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002.  Their best results were at the 2006 Winter Paralympics. Agnes Vas competed in the women's slalom sitting race.  She finished ninth.  Hungary did not go to the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  At the 2010 Winter Paralympics, people only competed in para-alpine skiing.

Funding and support 
A joint agreement was signed by the Korean Cultural Center, the Olympic Committee of Hungary and Magyar Paralimpiai Bizottság to support and fund people to participate in the 2018 Games.

Para-alpine skiing
Para-alpine skiing

Skiers 
Zsolt Balogh is blind and skis with his guide skier Bence Bocsi.  After he was officially named to the team, Balogh said, "We have worked hard in preparation and qualification in recent years so it is a great pleasure for us to achieve our first goal: we can be in the games. We expect a very tough race, and there are dozens of good riders in this category. With lots of practice, good snow conditions and with a little luck, we can score good results."
Schedule and results 
The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill.  It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning.  The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March.  Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning.  The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run.  Then the men go. The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

Para-Nordic skiing
Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers 
Krisztina Lőrincz is an LW10.5 sit skier, competing in both cross country skiing and biathlon.  In the lead up to Pyeongchang 2018, Lőrincz trained on rollers on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.  She practiced shooting on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  On long weekends, she would do other training focused on improving her body.  She also worked with a sports psychologist.  Lőrincz did this while working six to seven hours a day.

One of the main reasons Lőrincz participates in para-Nordic skiing is she enjoys shooting.  Otherwise, she prefers cycling to skiing.  She narrowly missed out on going to the 2014 Winter Paralympics after trying, and failing, to qualify for the Games.  Since January 2017, she has been coached by Kristóf Lágler.  Her qualifying for the 2018 Winter Paralympics was easier because of the ban on Russian skiers from participating.
Krisztina Lőrincz represented Hungary at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in adapted rowing. She finished 11th.  Outside of sports, she works as a human resources specialist.  She was in a car accident in 2005.  Because of that, she has a disability.

Schedule and results 
On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  The sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The 7.5 km race standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

References 

Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sport in Hungary
Lyndhurst is a city in Ohio in the United States.

Cities in Ohio
Greece sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  One person is representing Greece.  It is snowboarder Konstantinos Petrakis. It is the first time a snowboarder has represented Greece at the Winter Paralympics. Greece first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002.  The 2018 Games are the fifth time they sent a team to the Winter Paralympics.

Team 

Greece is going to have a team that includes one snowboarder, Konstantinos Petrakis.  It is the first time a snowboarder has represented Greece at the Winter Paralympics.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Greece") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

History 
Greece first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002.  The 2018 Games are the fifth time they sent a team to the Winter Paralympics.

Para-snowboarding

Snowboarders 
Konstantinos Petrakis is from Veria. Petrakis is only racing in the snowboard cross.  He has won five medals in his career in the event.
Schedule and results 
The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March.  It goes from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women.

References 

Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sport in Greece
21st century in Greece
Great Britain sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  The team has people in para-snowboarding, para-alpine skiing and wheelchair curling. People are from  Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland  Unlike football and some other sports, citizens from these countries are part of the same team at the Olympics and Paralympics. The competition was also broadcast on television on Channel 4.

Team 

The first team announcement for Great Britain was made on 15 January 2018. The full team for Great Britain was made on 15 February 2018. Scott Meenagh has been selected to compete in both the biathlon and cross-country skiing competitions.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team GB") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Great Britain will send a total of 17 athletes to the games. This is the most sent by the British team since 2006.
History 
Many times, Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland compete as separate countries at sports events around the world.  Because of the past, these four countries compete as one country at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Some  Crown dependencies and some British Overseas Territories also are part of Great Britain for these sporting events.  People in Northern Ireland do not like the name because it does not include them.

Before the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics, people from Great Britain had won more medals in the Winter Paralympics than the Winter Olympics. People won one bronze medal at the Winter Olympics. People won over five medals in the Winter Paralympics.

Para-alpine skiing
Para-alpine skiing

Skiers 
Mille Knight became blind when she was a 6-year-old.  In 2017, she finished her A Levels.  That year, she also won seven gold medals at IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup races.  Kelly Gallagher is blind.  She skis with her guide skier Charlotte Evans. They went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  Gallagher and Evans won a gold medal in the Super-G.  Gallagher wanted to win more medals in South Korea.

Schedule and training 
Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March.  Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.
Results 
B2 classified skier Millie Knight won silver in women's downhill vision impaired race. In the women's Super-G visually impaired race, Henrieta Farkasova of Slovakia won gold, Millie Knight of Great Britain won silver and Menna Fitzpatrick won bronze.

 Men

Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers 
Great Britain is not a country where people with disabilities do para-Nordic skiing. Scott Meenagh was the first para-Nordic skier to go to the Winter Paralympics in 28 years. Meenagh was a service member in Afghanistan. After an attack, he lost both of his legs. After his injuries, he tried para-athletics and adaptive rowing. In March 2016, he first tried para-Nordic skiing.
Schedule and results 
On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

Biathlon

Cross country skiing

Para-snowboarding

Results 
 Men

Wheelchair curling 
The team starts playing on 10 March. They play against Sweden on 12 March.

Media coverage 
Some media for the 2018 Games in the UK is on the BBC Sport website and app and on BBC Radio 5 live.  The competition was also broadcast on television on Channel 4.

References 

Sport in the United Kingdom
Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Germany sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. There were 19 people from Germany competing in South Korea. 10 were women and 9 were men.  They competed in  para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and wheelchair curling. Germany tried to go to the Winter Paralympics in sledge hockey.  The team needed to win some competitions.  Because they lost, they could not go to South Korea. Sports leaders from Germany were not happy Russia was allowed to compete at the Games. Para-Nordic skier  Andrea Eskau went to her sixth Paralympic Games in 2018.
Team 
There were 19 people from Germany competing in South Korea.  They are competing in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and wheelchair curling. The team has 10 women and 9 men. There were 9 people going to their first Paralympic Games. The team was named by the German Disabled Sports Association 38 days before the Games started. The Chef-de-Mission was Karl Quade. People thought Germany should win a lot of medals at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  They thought this because Germany sent 13 people to the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  These 13 people won 15 total medals.

Germany tried to go to the Winter Paralympics in sledge hockey.  The team needed to win some competitions.  Because they lost them, they could not go to South Korea.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Germany") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Medalists
Medalists

Doping 
Before the 2018 Winter Paralympics, German Disabled Sports Association President Julius Beucher and Chef-de-Mission was Karl Quade were not happy.  The International Paralympic Committee said some Russians could go to South Korea to compete. Beucher and Quade did not like this.  They questioned if the sportspeople from Russia were "clean".  They wanted a Winter Paralympics where there was no doping.

Para-alpine skiing

Skiers 
Anna Schaffelhuber is one of the best people for Germany at the Winter Paralympics.  She competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. She won 5 gold medals in 5 races.  She goes to Pyeongchang looking to defend her crown.

Schedule and training 
Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March.  Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.
The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March.  The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.
Results 
Marie Bochet from France won gold in the women's downhill standing.  Andrea Rothfuss from Germany won silver.  Mollie Jepsen from Canada won bronze. Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold in the women's downhill sitting race.  Momoka Murakoa of Japan won silver.  Laurie Stephens of the United States won bronze.  In the women's Super-G standing race, Marie Bochet of France won gold, Andrea Rothfuss of Germany won silver, and Alana Ramsay of Canada won bronze. In the women's Super-G sitting race, Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold, Claudia Loesch of Austria won silver, and Momoka Muraoka of Japan won bronze.
 Men

 Women

Para-Nordic skiing
Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers 
Martin Fleig and Anja Wicker both were members of the Germany team at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi.  Before the start of the 2018 Games, people thought they could win medals.  Wicker won 2 medals in biathlon at earlier Paralympic Games.  Clara Klug is blind. Her first Paralympic Games were in 2018. Before they left for Pyeongchang, Wicker gave Klug advice about the Paralympics.

Before South Korea, Andrea Eskau went to 5 Paralympic Games.  These were the 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics for cycling, and the 2006, 2010, 2014 Winter Paralympics for para-Nordic skiing.
Schedule and results 
On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

Biathlon 
 Men

 Women

Cross country skiing 
 Men

 Women
In cross country skiing's women's 12 km sitting race, Kendall Gretsch of the United States won gold, Andrea Eskau of Germany won silver, and Oksana Masters of the United States won bronze.

Wheelchair curling 
The team starts playing on 10 March.  They play Sweden on 13 March.

References 

Sport in Germany
Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Georgia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team has two people who are competing in para-Nordic skiing.  One is a man and one is a woman.

Team 
Georgia leaves to go to  Pyeongchang on March 6.  Georgia, North Korea and Tajikstan are the three countries making their first appearance Winter Paralympics.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Georgia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers 
Temuri Dadiani competes in three sports: cycling, wheelchair fencing and para-Nordic skiing. He competed in cycling at the 2017 Invictus Games. He has a Guinness World Record.  It is for doing 44 push-ups in one minute. Dadiani was in the military.  While an officer in Afghanistan in August 2011, he was hit by a landmine.  Doctors amputated both his legs.
Nino Sabashvili had a goal of winning a Paralympic medal.  Her first sport is para-armwrestling.  The sport is not on the program for the Summer or Winter Paralympic Games.  She started para-Nordic skiing so she could compete in a sport that is on the program.  She is very good at para-armwrestling. At the 2016 World Para Armwrestling Championships in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, she won two silver medals.

References 

Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sport in Georgia (country)
France sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  There will be twelve people from France. Four people from France competed in para-snowboarding. Five people competed in para-alpine skiing. Six skiers and 2 guide skiers competed in para-alpine skiing.  Marie Bochet was chosen to carry the flag during the Opening Ceremony.

Team 
People from France went to the 2018 Winter Paralympics in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing and para-snowboarding.  People on the team were Benjamin Daviet and Cécile Hernandez.  Marie Bochet was chosen to carry the flag during the Opening Ceremony.  She was chosen 100 days before the 2018 Games started. The first people were included on the team in September 2017. The list included Thomas Clarion.  The team has 12 people.

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team France") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
History 
Before the 2018 Winter Paralympics, France was seventh for having the most Winter Paralympic medals.  They had won 52 gold medals, 47 silver medals and 52 gold medals.  Of these 151 medals, 12 were won at the 2014 Winter Paralympics. France won 5 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 4 bronze medals in Sochi.  They ranked fifth for medals.

Para-alpine skiing

Skiers 
There were 5 skiers from France. They were Arthur Bauchet, Marie Bochet, Jordan Broisin, Frederic François and Yohann Taberlet.  Bochet had already gone to four Winter Paralympic Games before South Korea.   Bochet competes in women's standing alpine skiing.  She won gold at the 2017 Para Alpine World Championships in the Super-G and super combined.  She won four medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  She also was first at the end of four World Cup seasons in the overall category.
Before the Games 
At the 9 January 2018 World Cup in Zagreb, François won gold in the men's sitting slalom race.  At 41-years-old, it was his first World Cup victory.  It also made him one of the oldest people to win a World Cup event. Bochet went to Slovenia in January 2018.  She competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora.

Schedule and training 
Skiers had training runs for the downhill race on 7 March.  Their practice runs in the downhill on 8 and 9 March were cancelled.
The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It started on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program was Super-G. All skiers raced between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March.  The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.
Results 
Marie Bochet from France won gold in the women's downhill standing.  Andrea Rothfuss from Germany won silver.  Mollie Jepsen from Canada won bronze. Theo Gmur won a gold medal in the men's downhill standing race.  Arthur Bauchet of France won silver.  Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze.  In the women's Super-G standing race, Marie Bochet of France won gold, Andrea Rothfuss of Germany won silver, and Alana Ramsay of Canada won bronze.  In the men's Super-G standing race, Theo Gmur of Switzerland won gold, Arthur Bauchet of France won silver, and Markus Salcher of Austria won bronze. In the men's Super-G sitting race, Kurt Oatway of Canada won gold, Andrew Kurka of the United States won silver, and Frederic Francois of France won bronze.

Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers 
Benjamin Daviet was at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  He did not win a medal.  His best finish was seventh.  The first medal he won at a major competition was in 2017 at a race in Finsterau.
Thomas Dubois first represented France at racing at the 2017 World Cup in Ukraine. Before that, he was the French junior champion in biathlon and cross-country skiing.  He finished second in biathlon and cross-country skiing at the senior French championships.  Dubois became blind when he was an 8-year-old because of a genetic disorder.  He needs to ski with a guide skier.  Unlike other countries, Fédération française handisport does not give money to guide skiers to help blind skiers with the cost of competing. To get the right to go to and practice for the Winter Paralympics, it cost €21,000.   Dubois had to raise money to be able to pay for that.  Maubourguet Lions Club helped Dubois get the money for the Winter Paralympics.
Schedule 
On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.

Results 
In the men's 7.5 km standing race,  Benjamin Daviet of France won gold, Mark Arendz won silver and Ihor Reptyukh of Ukraine won bronze.

Para-snowboarding
Para-snowboarding

Snowboarders 
There were 3 snowboarders from France at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Snowboarders from France went to Pirineo at the last part of January 2018 to get ready for the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Cécile Hernandez was one of the snowboarders from France.  She went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  It was the first Paralympics for Montaggioni and Roulet. Hernandez and Roulet have arm disabilities. Montaggioni has a problem with her legs.  They are coached by Olivier Noiret and Marcos Lorenzo.

Schedule and results 
The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

References 

Sport in France
Nations at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Finland sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  They competed in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and wheelchair curling.

Team 

The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Finland") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.

Para-alpine skiing

Skiers 
Santeri Kiiveri finished sixth at the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in the super combined.
Schedule and results
The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March, running from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The second event on the program is Super-G. All skiers will race between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March.  The super combined takes place on 13 March. The Super-G part of the event is in the morning. The slalom part is in the afternoon. The slalom event gets underway on 14 March and conclude on 15 March. Women and men both race during the same sessions in the morning. The afternoon sessions start with the women doing their second run. Then the men go.The last para-alpine skiing race of the 2018 Games is the giant slalom. It takes place on 17 - 18 March.  Men and women both race at the same time in the morning sessions.  Women race first in the afternoon sessions, with the men racing a half hour after they end.

Para-Nordic skiing
Para-Nordic skiing

Skiers 
Sini Pyy went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. Ilkka Tuomisto competed at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics.  He won a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in the 20 kilometer race. Inkki Inola is competing in his first Paralympic Games in South Korea.  He is blind.  His guide skier is Vili Sormunen. Rudolf Klemetti is a blind skier.  He competed at the 2002, 2010 and 2014 Winter Paralympics.  His guide skier is Jaakko Kallunki. Juha Härkönen went to the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  The 2018 Winter Paralympics are his second Games.

Schedule and results 
On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  Thee sprint classic qualification takes place on 14 March from 10:00 AM – 11:25 AM for both men and women in all classes. It is followed in the afternoon by the semifinals and finals.  The classic race takes place on 17 March. The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.
Para-snowboarding

Snowboarders 
Matti Suur-Hamari competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  He won two gold medals at the 2017 World Para Snowboarding Championships in the men’s cross and banked slalom SB-LL2. Earlier this year, Suur-Hamari also won the men’s cross and banked slalom SB-LL2 events at World Cups in Landgraaf and Pyha. Before the Games, the people who will make it hard for Suur-Hamari to medal in South Korea were thought to be Americans Evan Strong and Mike Shea, and Gurimu Narita of Japan.   Matti Sairanen is competing at his first Paralympic Games in South Korea.

Schedule and results 
The snowboard cross event starts on 12 March, running from 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM for all classes for both men and women. The slalom race is scheduled to take place on 16 March, going from 10:30 AM – 4:55 PM for men and women in all classes.

Wheelchair curling