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Three Kingdoms is the name of a historical period in Ancient China. This period lasted from about 180 or 220, to about 280. During this period, China was split between the kingdoms of Wei, Shu Han and Wu. After the fall of the Han dynasty, there were three important successors. However, none of the three was strong enough to win against the two others. During the Han dynasty, China had an emperor. After the end of the Han dynasty, three kingdoms were left. Chinese historians were unable to decide if there was a legitimate sucessor to the last Han emperor.
The last Han emperor Xian left power in 220, and handed it to Xao Pi. Jin Wudi was able to unite China again in 280. Between the two years was the period of the three kingdoms.
In the year 189, the central government lost most of its power. For this point on, it was unable to do much. For this reason, many people think that the time of the Three Kingdoms already started in 189.
Willow ptarmigan
The willow ptarmigan is a medium to large (15–17 inches) Arctic grouse. It lives among willows and on open tundra and muskeg. Feathers are brown in summer, changing to white in winter. The willow ptarmigan is common in much of Alaska.
Amloki
Amloki (); is a Bengali television soap opera that premiered on 12 February 2018 and airs on Zee Bangla. The Show Stars Aishwarya Roy and Antara as The Main Female Protagonists and Indrajeet Bose as The Main Male Antagonist and bhaswar chatterjee as the male lead. It replaced the popular show Stree starring Neel Bhattacharya and Neha Amandeep in the lead roles.The show will go off air on 30th November 2018 and will get replaced byRanu Pelo Lottery starring Krushal Ahuja and Bijoylakshmi Chatterjee in the lead roles.
It narrates the story of a six-year-old girl named Amloki, who was born deaf and dumb.
Amloki hails from a poor family. Her father,Ratan is a gambler and steals jewelry while her mother runs the family by preparing jaggery at daytime and acting in Jatra at night. The sole reason for her mother’s existence is Amloki. She believes that someday her daughter will be cured. However, destiny has its own plans. Amloki loses her mother suddenly.
Her responsibility now solely rests on the shoulders of her irresponsible father. But instead of taking care of his special daughter, her father shoves off his duties and makes a quick escape. Now how Amloki survives all by herself in this cruel world and takes her truant father to task and makes him realize his mistakes.
Amloki's mother Chandana who is in fact daughter of the influential GuhaThakurtas meets with an accident and loses her memory. However she is rescued by her cousin Mohana. Mohana then takes her to her maternal home of the GuhaThakurtas where in addition to Chandana's parents, her uncle and aunt and their two kids (Mohana and Nilay) reside along with Nilay's wife Baisakhi who is a shrewd manipulator.
Chandana's family had earlier estranged her upon her marriage to Ratan who they knew was a good for nothing thug. However seeing the dire situation of Chandana, they welcome her back and their parental love comes to the fore. However Chandana can't seem to remember anything including her parents.
In a separate development, Mohana rescues Amlaki from an orphanage and takes her to the GuhaThakurtas in a bid to adopt her as she is biologically unfit to reproduce. Amlaki is ecstatic upon seeing her real mother Chandana in the GuhaThakurta household. However she is unable to communicate this because of her inabilities. Ratan disguises himself as Ratnadeep Sengupta and under this guise meets Mohana to charm her as he believes she is the key to the GuhaThakurta household.He shows himself to be a simplistic classy and sophisticated gentleman and Mohana instantly falls in love with him unaware of his true intentions. Mohana's parents and Baisakhi conspire against Amlaki and get her deported from the household to a remote location. Mohana and Nilay are furious upon knowing this and vow to get Amlaki back. In the meanwhile, police comes to the GuhaThakurta household and arrests Nabakumar GuhaThakurta for his alleged role in the kidnapping of Amlaki.Amlaki is rescued and brought back to the house while Ratan in a bid to marry Mohana visits the family and is shocked to find Chandana and Amlaki there. However he is relieved to find that Chandana has lost all her memory and can't seem to identify him. Although Amlaki recognises him, she is unable to point this out to the family members.
Taking advantage of Mohana's naivety Ratnadeep gets closer to her and is about to announce his decision to marry her when he comes to know that Chandana's father Nabakumar GuhaThakurta is the main owner and thus Chandana is the heir to the GuhaThakurta household and not Mohana whose father is just a mere employee. Sensing this opportunity he woos Chandana and tricks Nabakumar into thinking he is a perfect match for his daughter. Charmed by Ratan, Nabakumar agrees to this marriage as Ratan falsely informs them that Chandana's legitimate husband is dead. Mohana is shocked by this decision. To cover his tracks, Ratan lies that Amloki is actually a kleptomaniac and has a tendency of stealing things. Chandana is offended but decides to keep mum. Nabakumar insists on meeting Ratan's family members despite the latter's reluctance. Ratan asks his sister and her husband to play the role of his parents and sets up few miscreants disguised as genuine local people to sing praises about him.However Baisakhi catches onto Ratan and goes to Mohana with this information but Mohana outright dismisses her and even insults. This causes an incensed Baisakhi to keep shut and she vows not to let anyone know the truth but instead let them suffer. Mohana,on the other hand, is deeply in love with Ratnadeep and can't imagine a life without him. She is hell bent on marrying him by hook or by crook. She makes several unsuccessful attempts to stop Chandana and Ratnadeep from marrying. However she is caught and she is forcefully isolated from the marriage. On the day of marriage, Mohana thinks of dissuading Chandana by reminding her of her deceased husband which she has forgotten but Sudakshina stops her from reaching Chandana's room. Ratan persuades Chandana to go to a beauty parlour so that he can meanwhile steal the jewelry and blame it on Amloki. Chandana leaves for the parlour and Ratan steals the jewelry. Amloki is frightened at the prospect of Chandana marrying Ratan once again as she has been witness to the cruelty imposed to Chandana firsthand. However family members fail to perceive this and become bewildered at Amloki's attempts to sabotage the marriage and simply think this to be a manifestation of the apparent dislike which Amloki harbours towards Ratnadeep.
Amloki catches Ratan stealing the jewelry and attempts to stop him. However she is no match for him as he gives it away to his sister and her husband. An aggrieved Amloki runs after the cab ferrying the both of them and the stolen jewellery and while doing so meets with an accident. On being caught entering the residence from the backgate Ratnadeep lies that Amloki stole all the jewellery and ran away. Nilay finds it to be a tad bit suspicious but keeps mum anyway. Chandana on returning from parlour is shocked to find Amloki accused of stealing. Her maternal instincts cry out to her that Amloki is in pain and she leaves the marriage venue while asking Mohana to delay the marriage while she searches for Amloki. Mohana on the other hand uses this opportunity to get married to Ratnadeep on Baisakhi's advice. After half of the marriage is over, the truth is out but Mohana lies that Chandana left the marriage asking for Mohana to be happy. Ratnadeep refuses to marry her but Baisakhi threatens him with dire consequences of revealing his truth to the family members. This causes Ratan to agree to the marriage. Chandana discovers Amloki is at a nursing home and after admitting her calls Mohana only to know that she has taken Ratnadeep for herself. Chandana faints but is rescued by Dr.Gaurav Sen, her potential love interest and her ex-fiance who is also the owner of the nursing home. At the last episode, Chandana recalls her old memories before the accident and when she sees Amloki, she shouts loudly saying "Amloki". Amloki was able to talk and hear. When Amloki said Maa to Chandana, Chandana was unable to believe that her daughter can talk as well as hear. Like that, the story ends.
Moumita Gupta
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Mitch Pileggi
Mitchell Craig "Mitch" Pileggi (born April 5, 1952) is an American actor. He was born in Portland, Oregon. Pileggi is best known for his role as Walter Skinner on "The X-Files". He had a recurring role on "Stargate Atlantis" as Colonel Steven Caldwell. He appeared in the 2008 movie "Flash of Genius". In 2008, he began a recurring role as Ernest Darby in "Sons of Anarchy". He starred as Harris Ryland in the TNT revival of "Dallas" (2012–2014).
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Erskine Bowles
Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and politician from North Carolina. He was the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2005 to 2010. He was as White House Chief of Staff from 1997–98. Bowles also ran for the United States Senate from North Carolina in 2002 and 2004 but lost both times.
Bowles was born in Greensboro, North Carolina. His parents are Jessamine Woodward Boyce Bowles and Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles Jr.. Bowles grew up in Greensboro and graduated from Virginia Episcopal School. Then he studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. He graduated with a business degree. He was in the United States Coast Guard for a short time. Next, Bowles studied at Columbia Business School. He earned an MBA. After graduation, Bowles worked for the financial firm Morgan Stanley in New York City.
Jan Maxwell
Janice Elaine Maxwell (November 20, 1956 – February 11, 2018) was an American stage and television actress. She was a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time Drama Desk Award winner (2005, 2010). She was born in Fargo, North Dakota.
Maxwell was known for her performance in the musical "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (2005) and "Follies" (2012). Her other Broadway credits include, "Dancing at Lughnasa" (1992), "A Doll's House" (1997), "The Sound of Music" (1998) and "The Dinner Party" (2001).
In television, Maxwell starred in "The Divide" (2014), "The Good Wife" (2014), and "Gossip Girl" (2009–2011). From 1994 to 2003, she appeared in four episodes of the NBC drama "Law & Order", each time as a different character.
Maxwell died of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis complicated from breast cancer in New York City on February 11, 2018 at the age of 61.
Nicholas Shehadie
Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie (15 November 1925 – 11 February 2018) was an Australian rugby union sportsperson and politician. He was born in Sydney. He served as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1973 to 1975. He was a national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career Test appearances for Australia between 1947 and 1958.
Shehadie was an inductee into both the Australian Rugby Union Hall of Fame and the IRB Hall of Fame.
From 1957 until his death, Shehadie was married to former Governor of New South Wales Dame Marie Bashir.
Shehadie died on 11 February 2018 in Sydney at the age of 92.
Austin Asche
Keith John Austin Asche, AC, QC (born 28 November 1925) is an Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne. He served as Administrator of the Northern Territory from 1993 through 1997. He was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory serving from 1986 through 1987.
Asche was appointed a Knight of the Order of St. John in 1993 and made a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1994. He was made Honorary Freeman of the City of Darwin in 2007.
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Neil Conn
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Conn was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as Lord Prior of the Order of Saint John in 2014. He was succeeded by Sir Malcolm Ross in 2016.
Peter Sinclair
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In 1987 he was appointed Flag Officer Commanding HM Australian Fleet, a position which later changed to Maritime Commander, Australia.
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson
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Jackson-Nelson finished her sporting career with two Olympic and seven Commonwealth Games Gold Medals, six individual world records and every Australian State and National title she contested from 1950–1954.
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James Gobbo
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Gobbo was made Knight Bachelor in 1981 and became a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in 1993 and a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ) in 1997. He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001.
John Landy
John Michael Landy (born 12 April 1930) is a retired Australian middle-distance runner and politician. Landy was born in Melbourne. He was the second man to break the four-minute mile barrier in the mile run. He held the world records for the 1500 metre run and the mile race. He was also the 26th Governor of Victoria from 2001 to 2006.
Guy Green
Sir Guy Stephen Montague Green, AC, KBE, CVO (born 26 July 1937) is an Australian politician. He was the Governor of Tasmania from 1995 to 2003. He was the first Tasmanian-born governor of the state, although not the first Australian-born. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania.
Paul Danblon
Paul Danblon (25 July 1931 – 8 February 2018) was a Belgian composer, opera director, administrator, and journalist. He was one of the first people of scientific journalism on RTBF (Radio télévision belge de la communauté française). He was born in Ghent, Belgium.
In 1954, Danblon joined the RTBF current events programme, "Carnets de l'Actualité". He went on to specialize in producing and presenting popular science programmes such as "La Bouteille à encre", "Connaître", and "Le point de la médecine". He is the author of two books in the area:
Danblon died of pulmonary edema in Brussels, Belgium on 8 February 2018 at the age of 87.
Midori Ito
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Swara Bhaskar
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Bhaskar was the daughter of naval officer Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar. She was born and raised in Delhi. After receiving her bachelor's degree in English literature from the University of Delhi, she enrolled herself at the Jawaharlal Nehru University to complete her master's in Sociology. Bhaskar made her film debut with a supporting role in the 2009 drama Madholal Keep Walking, a commercial failure. She achieved wider recognition for her supporting role of a bride-to-be in the commercially successful romantic comedy Tanu Weds Manu (2011). Her performance in the film was well received by critics and she garnered a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination.
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Algebraic fraction
An algebraic fraction is a fraction where the top and the bottom are algebraic expressions. Two examples of algebraic fractions are formula_1 and formula_2.
A rational fraction is an algebraic fraction where the top and the bottom are polynomials. formula_1 is a rational fraction, but formula_2 is not. This is because the top has a square root function.
Turn the equation into multiplication by flipping one of the fractions. After that, do what is shown above.
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Andorra at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Andorra sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They competed in para-alpine skiing. The country first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002.  The 2018 Winter Paralympics was Andorra’s fifth Winter Paralympics.
The International Paralympic Committee confirmed that Andorra will compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in January 2018.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Andorra") that participated in the 2018 Games.
The country first went to the Winter Paralympics in 2002. The 2018 Winter Paralympics was Andorra’s fifth Winter Paralympics. Their best finish at the Winter Games was in 2010, when Paquita Ramirez Capitan was ninth in the women's Giant Slalom.
Argentina at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Argentina sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The people were Carles Codina and Enrique Plantey. Codina competed in para-snowboarding. Plantey competed in para-alpine skiing.
Argentina sent two people to Pyeongchang, South Korea. They were Carles Codina and Enrique Plantey. Codina competed in para-snowboarding. Plantey competed in para-alpine skiing.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Argentina") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
Enrique Plantey went to a World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland in January 2018. He finished his races, where he won a place at the 2018 Paralympic Games in the giant slalom. Plantey competed at the World Cup in Kutai, Austria.  He finished tenth in the giant slalom race. Next, he went to the World Cup in Saint Moritz, Switzerland.  At that race, he finished tenth in the giant slalom, 14th in the first slalom race and 18th in the second slalom race. From January 18 to 20, Plantey raced at the World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.  He finished 13th.
Plantey went to the Winter Paralympics for the second time in 2018. He had gone to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. The mono-ski he used for the 2014 Winter Paralympics cost $7,000. His town paid for it.
Plantey started using a wheelchair after a car accident that killed his father and brother. Because of the accident, he had a spinal cord injury. Before the accident, he played rugby, soccer and paddle. After his accident, he played table tennis and wheelchair basketball. He went to a ski resort with friends in 1999. He fell in love with para-alpine skiing right away. The next year, his friends and families paid $1,000 to buy him a mono-ski so he could race more. Later, Plantey moved to the United States for some time to train seriously. When he is not skiing, Plantey is a lawyer.
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.
Carles Codina went to the Winter Paralympics for the second time in 2018. He had gone to the 2014 Winter Paralympics. He had an accident during a ski race in South Korea in 2017. He had to get better before he could race again. In January 2018, he got a place to go to the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Codina went to a World Cup in Veysonnaz, Switzerland in January 2018.
Codina is from Barcelona. His parents are from Argentina. Codina could race for Spain or Argentina. He decided to race for Argentina.
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.
Armenia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Armenia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The country sent one para-alpine skier, Sasun Hakobyan. He qualified for the Winter Games in November 2017, and was named to the team before any of the country's Olympic people.
Armenia sent one person to the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Sasun Hakobyan (Սասուն Հակոբյան) was chosen to represent Armenia in December 2017. He was selected for the Paralympics before any of the country's Olympic people. The total number of members of the team was five. It included four people who were there to support its skier. The team left for South Korea on 5 March 2018.
In late February, Armenian National Paralympic Committee President Hakob Abrahamyan was trying to add one person to the team. He wanted alpine skier Sasun Hakobyan to go to Pyeongchang too. The problem was the skier missed a qualifying competition. Armenia asked the International Paralympic Committee to allow him to compete anyway.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Armenia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
The Government of Armenia gave the National Paralympic Committee AMD 6.5 million for the Winter Paralympics. The money was used for airfare, uniforms and sports equipment.
15 National Paralympic Committees and the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation signed a letter expressing support for 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 Governing Board to consider letting Russia compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  The letter was signed weeks before the IPC Governing Board met in Abu Dhabi. 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.
Sasun Hakobyan qualified for the Winter Paralympics in November 2017. In early 2017, he participated in an international skiing competition in Iran. He is coached by Stas Nazaryan. Stasik Nazaryan qualified by competing at a race in Germany in January 2018.
The first event on the para-alpine program is the downhill. It starts on 10 March. People ski 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.
Armenia first went to the Winter Paralympics for the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan. The only sport the country has competed in is para-alpine skiing.  From 1998 to 2014, Armenia has been represented by standing skier Mher Avanesyan. His finish of 34th in standing slalom at the 2014 Sochi Games was his best result to date. Armenia had yet to medal going into the 2018 Winter Games.
Australia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Australia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The team is competing in two sports: para-alpine skiing and para-snowboarding. Team members include co-captains Mitchell Gourley and Joany Badenhorst. Gourley first represented Australia at the Winter Paralympics in 2006, and has gone to every Winter Paralympics since. Badenhorst was the first woman from Australia to compete in para-snowboarding at the Paralympic Games. The 2018 Winter Paralympic Games will are on Seven Network. It is the first time the Paralympic Games will be on a commercial television station in Australia.
Mitchell Gourley and Joany Badenhorst were announced team co-captains in October 2017. Being named captain meant they had the responsibility to work with the Australian Paralympic Committee and Chef de Mission Nick Dean to unify a team that would compete in two sports: para-alpine skiing and para-snowboarding. Sean Pollard was wanting to be the last person named to the team. He went to a snowboarding competition in February 2018 in Canada. The event was the last opportunity for people to qualify for the 2018 Games. On 20 February 2018, the Australian Paralympic Committee shared their updated team list. It included 13 people. Shaun Pianta and sighted guide Jeremy O’Sullivan earned the right to go to the Games. They were waiting for approval from the International Paralympic Committee before the Australian Paralympic Committee officially said they were on Team Australia.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Australia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
In March 2017, Nick Dean was appointed Chef de Mission. He previously was the Chef de Mission at the Lillehammer 1994, Nagano 1998 and Salt Lake City 2002 Games and was Deputy Chef de Mission for a further three Winter and two Summer Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2012.
It is expected that the final Australian team will be between 10 and 12 athletes across two sports – para-alpine skiing and para-snowboard. There is the aim to finish in the top 15 nations on the medal table. This target was set by the Australian Sports Commission’s Australia’s Winning Edge policy. The team will be missing its previous Winter Paralympic Games medalists. The missing skiers Cameron Rahles-Rahbula, Toby Kane and Jessica Gallagher.
The Australian Paralympic Committee thought Mitchell Gourley, Melissa Perrine, Joany Badenhorst and Ben Tudhope could be medal contenders in South Korea.
Mitchell Gourley first represented Australia at the Winter Paralympics in 2006, and has gone to every Winter Paralympics since. Gourley was born not having a lower left arm.
Lara Falk is Patrick Jensen's guide skier. She was 21 years old when she was selected for the team. She skis in front of Jensen. While going down a mountain, she tells him about pitch, rhythm and snow conditions. Her goal is to help Jensen ski the best that he can. The two started skiing together in 2016.
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.
Joany Badenhorst won a gold medal at a World Cup event a month before the start of the 2018 Games. She won two bronze medals at World Cup events in 2017.
Badenhorst was the first woman from Australia to compete in para-snowboarding at the Paralympic Games. She started the sport after being observed by a snowboard coach when she was working out. The coach called her and asked if she wanted to try the sport. Badenhorst said, "why not?" and has been snowboarding ever since. Because the Australian Paralympic Committee wanted to send snowboarders to the sports debut at the 2014 Games, her training was sped up to try to make sure she could compete at the Sochi Paralympics. While practicing in Sochi minutes before the start of competition at the 2014 Winter Paralympics, she crashed and broke her patella. She also collapsed her hip and dislocated her knee.
Badenhorst wanted to compete in para-athletics. She almost went to the 2012 Summer Paralympics in the sport, but problems with her amputation forced her to stop competing. When she was a 10-year-old living in South Africa, she was involved in an accident with a tractor. Because of the accident, her leg was amputated.
Sean Pollard was attacked by a shark. This resulted in him having a disability.
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.
Australia first competed at the Winter Paralympics in 1980 in Geilo. They have competed at every Winter Paralympics since.  Michael Milton is the Australian with the most Winter Paralympic medals.  The standing para-alpine skier won eleven medals during his participation at the Winter Games. Six of his medals were gold. Australia had a sad games at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  They only won two medals at those Games.  One medal was a bronze, won by Toby Kane in the men's standing super combined. Jessica Gallagher and her guide skier Christian Geiger won Australia's other medal in 2014. It was a bronze in the women's vision impaired giant slalom.
The 2018 Winter Paralympic Games will are on Seven Network. It is the first time the Paralympic Games will be on a commercial television station in Australia. Seven will show highlight shows in the morning and the evening on each day of the Winter Games.
Austria at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Austria sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Austria is sending 13 people to compete in three sports: para-alpine skiing, para-snowboarding and cross-country skiing.
Austria is sending 13 people to compete in three sports: para-alpine skiing, para-snowboarding and cross-country skiing.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Austria") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
Secretary General Petra Huber and Chef de Mission Julia Voglmayr traveled to South Korea for a meeting with the Chef de Missions of 32 other countries in March 2017, a year before the Games were scheduled to start.
If someone from Austria wins a medal, they will get a cash reward of between €4000 and €8000.
Gernot Morgenfurts decided he wanted to start skiing after his multiple sclerosis became worse. He physically prepared himself before starting the sport in 2015. Later that year, he participated in the Austria Cup. Morgenfurts started competing internationally during the 2016/2017 World Cup season. Because of problems with his sight, he needs a guide skier. For the 2018 Games, that skier is Christoph Gmeiner. They use headsets to talk to each other during races. Pyeongchang 2018 is his first major international skiing competition.
Morgenfurts was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 30 years before the start of the 2018 Games. As the disease has progressed, his vision has become worse.
Thomas Grochar is a standing skier. Grochar won silver at the end of 2016/2017 World Cup season.
Thomas Grochar went to Slovenia in January 2018. He competed in the World Cup in Kranjska Gora.
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. Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl and Simon Wallner were registered to start.
The second event on the program was Super-G. All skiers raced between 9:30 AM and 1:00 PM on 11 March. Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and guide Christoph Gmeiner were scheduled to start in this event.
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. Claudia Lösch, Markus Salcher, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and guide Christoph Gmeiner are scheduled to start.
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. Claudia Lösch, Heike Eder, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Markus Gfatterhofer, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and guide Christoph Gmeiner are registered to start in the slalom.
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. Claudia Lösch, Heike Eder, Markus Salcher, Thomas Grochar, Martin Würz, Nico Pajantschitsch, Roman Rabl, Markus Gfatterhofer, Simon Wallner, Gernot Morgenfurt and his guide Christoph Gmeiner should all start in this event.
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 sitting race, Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany won gold, Claudia Loesch of Austria won silver, and Momoka Muraoka of Japan 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.
Carina is blind. Her brother, Julian, is her guide skier. She first competed for Austria in 2016. At the 2017 World Championships in Finsterau, Germany, Carina won 2 gold medals and 1 bronze medal. Carina was awarded the Golden Lion as "Rookie of the Year" at the Leonidas Sports Gala 2017.
On 12 March, the 15 km race takes place, with standing and vision impaired women starting at 10:00 PM.  Carina Edlinger and guide Julian Edlinger are scheduled to start.  The pair are then scheduled to start in the sprint classic qualification.  It 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. Carina Edlinger and guide Julian Edlinger are scheduled to participate in the 7.5 km race.  The standing and visually impaired women's race takes place from 10:00 AM - 12:30.
Patrick Mayrhofer and Reinhold Schett are scheduled to start in the snowboard cross event.  The 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. Patrick Mayrhofer and Reinhold Schett are both scheduled to start.
Austria, Switzerland and Germany are co-hosting "Alpenhaus" in Pyeongchang. It is a place where people can celebrate winning Paralympic medals.
Belarus at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Belarus sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. People are competing in para-Nordic skiing. The team included a number of para-Nordic skiers. Several had gone to the Winter Paralympics before. The country has a history of doing well at the Winter Paralympics, having first gone in 1994. Going to South Korea, they had already won 23 Winter Paralympic medals.
Yury Holub, Dzmitry Loban, Lidziya Hrafeyeva and Sviatlana Sakhanenka won medals on 10 March in the biathlon. This was the first day of competition at the Winter Paralympics.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Belarus") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
Belarus has competed in every Winter Paralympics since 1994.  Going to Pyeongchang, they had already won 23 medals at the Winter Games. Most of these medals were in cross country skiing, with only 3 medals won in another sport: biathlon. Almost half the Belarus's medals in cross country skiing were won by sit skier Liudmila Vauchock. Belarus won 3 bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. They ranked eighteenth for total medals. Their medals were won by Basil Shapteboy () and Jadwiga Skorobogataya ().
Vasili Shaptsiaboi was 38-years-old at the 2018 Games. He went to the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Games, winning 3 Paralympic bronze medals at these Games. Before the Games, he was the man from Belarus who won the most medals at the Winter Paralympics.
Liudmila Vauchock has gone to the Paralympics before. Almost half the Belarus's medals in cross country skiing were won by Vauchock. When at home, her base for training was Raubichi. She would do three days of intense training, take a day off, and then three more days of intense training.
Vauchock has a disability because she fell off a dormitory roof.  The fall broke her back.  Before the accident, she was involved in athletics.  Vauchock did like skiing while she was at school.  She thought she got more mileage out of running than skiing.  Vauchock started skiing after the accident because others encouraged her to try the sport. She says skiing gives her a sense of freedom and speed.  It makes her feel independent and allows her to connect with nature.  The snow is not a hindrance, but a route to freedom. Volchek does not like attention that competing gives her.  She went to Sochi with only her older brother accompanying her. While many people in Belarus were happy with her fifth-place finish in Sochi, she cried as the result was not what she wanted.  While there are many challenges and many places in Minsk are not barrier free, she is not sad about the accident that resulted in her needing to use a wheelchair.  Without the accident happening, she does not think she would have become an elite sportsperson.
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.
In the men's 7.5 km sitting event, Daniel Cnossen of the United States won gold, Dzmitry Loban of Belarus won silver and Collin Cameron of Canada won bronze. In the men's 7.5 km visually impaired race,  Vitaliy Luk'yanenko of Ukraine won gold, Yury Holub of Belarus won silver and Anatolii Kovalevskyi of Ukraine won bronze. In the women's 6 km biathlon sitting race,  Kendall Gretsch of the United States won gold, Oksana Masters won silver and Lidziya Hrafeyeva of Belarus won bronze. In the women's 6 km biathlon visually impaired race,  Mikhalina Lysova won gold,  Oksana Shyshkova of Ukraine won silver and Sviatlana Sakhanenka of Belarus won bronze.
Belgium at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Belgian B2 classified skier Eleonor Sana won bronze in the women's downhill vision impaired race.
Brazil 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.
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.
Brazil first competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2014 in Sochi. André Cintra competed in snowboarding. Fernando Aranha competed in cross-country skiing.
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 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.
Men's distance
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.
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.
Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.
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.