Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics

**Russia** sent people to compete at the **2018 Winter Paralympics** in Pyeongchang, South Korea.  They competed as  "Neutral Paralympic Athletes" in 5 sports.  Only Russian sportspeople that had not participated in doping were allowed to compete. On 26 February 2018, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said which people from Russia could compete as Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  The list included 30 people.  They were going to compete in para-alpine skiing, para-Nordic skiing, para-snowboarding and wheelchair curling.

Ekaterina Rumyantseva won gold and  Anna Milenina won silver in the women's 6&nbsp;km biathlon standing race. In the women's 6&nbsp;km biathlon visually impaired race,  Mikhalina Lysova won gold.  The medals were won on 10 March, the first day of para-Nordic skiing competition at the 2018 Games.

## Team 
On 26 February 2018, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said which people from Russia could compete as Neutral Paralympic Athletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics.  Despite limitations on who can compete because of the doping scandal, Neutral Paralympic Athletes from Russia will be one of the largest delegations at the Games.

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

The following is the list of number of competitors that could participate at the Games per sport/discipline.

## Doping scandal 
After the 2014 Winter Paralympics, the McLaren report said 35 people from Russia had done doping during the Games in Sochi.  The  International Paralympic Committee (IPC) set conditions for Russia's membership in November 2016. If they did not meet the conditions, the Russians probably would not be able to go. 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. A decision was not made in October about their participation at the 2018 Games.  Russians were allowed to compete because the IPC thought their National Paralympic Committee had met some of the conditions the IPC had demanded of them.  More improvements were still needed though before they could compete at the Paralympics as Russia.

### Schedule 
The first event on the para-alpine program was the downhill. It starts 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 
; Men

; Women

## Nordic skiing 
### Qualification 
On 28 January 2018, it looked like 6 women and 10 men from Russia could go to South Korea.

### Schedule 
On 12 March, the 15&nbsp;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. 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.

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