Athletes from around the world are gathered in and around Beijing, China, to compete in the 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. More than 560 competitors from 45 National Paralympic Committees have come to take part in 78 events in six sports over nine days, including alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, snowboarding, wheelchair curling, and para ice hockey. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Paralympic Committee announced that it had banned athletes from Russia and Belarus from the games. Gathered here, images of the 2022 Winter Paralympics after day six of competition.
Scenes From the 2022 Winter Paralympics
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Davide Bendotti of Team Italy competes in the men's giant slalom standing run 1 on day six of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Center in Yanqing, China, on March 10, 2022. #
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Pengyao Wang of Team China leads the men's snowboard cross SB-UL quarterfinal 3 at Genting Snow Park during day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics in Zhangjiakou. #
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China's Wang Zhidong (right) battles for the puck against Czech Republic's Pavel Dolezal during their para ice hockey match at the 2022 Winter Paralympics on March 6, 2022. #
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Gear belonging to Alex Enderle of Team Italy during the preliminary round group B para ice hockey game between Italy and China on day four of the 2022 Winter Paralympics #
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Logan Leach of Team Canada competes with guide Julien Petit in the para alpine skiing men's super combined slalom, vision impaired at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Center during day three of the 2022 Winter Paralympics. #
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Daqing Zhu of Team China and her guide Hanhan Yan react after winning the silver medal, during the flower ceremony for the women's downhill vision impaired at Yanqing National Alpine Ski Center on March 5, 2022. #
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Dave Samsa of Team USA (near lane) competes against Team Great Britain during a wheelchair curling match at the National Aquatics Center during day one of the 2022 Winter Paralympics. #
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Scott Meenagh of Team Great Britain races in the para cross-country skiing men's long distance sitting event at the National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, China, on March 6, 2022. #
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The gold medalist Carina Edlinger of Team Austria celebrates on the podium with her skiing guide Lorenz Josef Lampl and her guide dog Riley during the medal ceremony for the women's sprint free technique vision impaired at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Center on March 9, 2022. #
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Germany's Leonie Maria Walter (right) and her guide Pirmin Strecker celebrate winning the women's middle distance vision Impaired para biathlon event on March 8, 2022. #
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The bronze medalist Dmytro Suiarko of Team Ukraine and guide Oleksandr Nikonovych celebrate during the men’s para biathlon middle distance vision impaired medal ceremony at the Zhangjiakou Medals Plaza on day four of the 2022 Winter Paralympics, on March 8, 2022. #
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