16-year-old Jernej Slivnik had a shoulder injury five months before the 2018 Games. He started practicing again at a ski resort in Slovenia in December 2017. His goal was to be prepared for the 2018 World Cup in Kranjska Gora. The competition was one of seven World Cup races before the season before the Games. He was coached by Roman Podlipnik. He also trained with Slovene deaf skier Anja Drev. His coach was happy in late December. Slivnik was recovering faster than expected from his shoulder injury. At the end of December 2017, he was the only Slovene to have earned the right to compete at the Paralympics. Because his recovery went so fast, he competed at a World Cup in Zagreb, Croatia in early December. This was in addition to the World Cup a week later in Slovenia. After his first run in Zagreb, he was in thirteenth position. He did not finish his second run. His coach was still happy with his performance. At the World Cup in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, he finished his races. The World Cup was only a few days after the World Cup in Zagreb. While he finished thirteenth, his finishing the World Cup race was very important. It meant he completed all the things required of him to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics. After the race, his coach said, ""I congratulate Jernejo, because I know he has not been able to do it in the last few weeks. He was injured, but he did not finish the race in Zagreb, even though he was skiing well. Depending on the layout and the conditions on the track it worked well. I expect that now the preparations for the Paralympic Games will be relaxed and fully dedicated." Slivnik said after qualifying for the Paralympics, "Before the first run there were some problems with the track, but the Kranjska Gora team did a great job and prepared a track that was excellent. In the second, the track was already slightly slapped. I made a little mistake, but I did not want to give in, I wanted to aim. I did it. I am glad that I have confirmed my departure for the Paralympic Games, as this idea of ​​successfully passing the game was a long time in the head."
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.
Slovakia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Slovakia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Slovakia is sending up to fifteen sportspeople to the 2018 Games. They are competing in para-alpine skiing and wheelchair curling. The team includes Henrieta Farkasova. Farkasova has the more medals won at the Winter Paralympics than any other person from Slovakia. Before the 2018 Paralympics, she had five gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal.
Slovakia is sending up to fifteen sportspeople to the 2018 Games. They are also sending another 15 people to assist them. The sportspeople are competing in para-alpine skiing and wheelchair curling.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Slovakia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
People going to the Winter Games who are not athletes include Chef-de-Mission Maroš Čambal, sport administrator Tomáš Varga, medical support staff Branislav Delej, Slovenský Paralympijský Výbor representative Samuel Rosko, SZTPŠ representative Martin Čapla, SAASP representative Pavol Valent, alpine skiing representative Martin Makovnik, wheelchair curling representative František Pitoňák, sledge hockey representative Miroslav Dráb and media spokesperson Stanislav Ščepán.
Henrieta Farkasova went to the Games as the world champion in slalom and giant slalom.  She won gold in both races at the 2014 Winter Paralympics.  Farkasova has the more medals won at the Winter Paralympics than any other person from Slovakia. Before the 2018 Paralympics, Farkasova had five gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal. Born in 1986, Farkasova is blind.
Jakub Krako was second in Slovakia for most medals won at the Winter Paralmpics. Before 2018 Pyeongchang, he won four gold medals and two silver medals. Krako has a physical disability.
Farkasova went to Slovenia in January 2018. She 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. 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.
Henrieta Farkasova, guided by Nataly Subrtova, won the first gold medal at the Winter Paralympics. Farkasova won gold in women's downhill vision impaired race. 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 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. 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.
They played against Sweden on 12 March.
Serbia at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Serbia sent people to compete at the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. One person on the team is para-Nordic skier Milos Zaric. In addition to para-Nordic skier, Zaric is also a para-athlete. He is the world champion in the men's F55 javelin.
The table below contains the list of members of people (called "Team Serbia") that will be participating in the 2018 Games.
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.
Serbia first competed at the Winter Paralympics in 2010, and had yet to win a medal going into the 2018 edition of the Games.  Serbia was represented by Jugoslav Milosevic in 2014.  He competed in para-alpine skiing.  The upper limb amputee competed in the slalom and giant slalom standing events.