Winter Paralympics: Day-by-day guide to the Beijing 2022 Games

The summer Paralympics only came to an end in early September but the Winter Paralympics in Beijing are already around the corner.

The Beijing 2022 opening ceremony takes place on Friday, 4 March from 12:00 with competition starting the following day.

Four years ago in Pyeongchang, the ParalympicsGB squad enjoyed their most successful Winters with seven medals — one gold, four silver and two bronze — all from the alpine skiers.

Follow our comprehensive day-by-day guide (all times GMT) as Great Britain look to emulate their success in 2018.

Medal events: Eight

Alpine skiing (women's super-G visually impaired, seated, standing; men's super-G visually impaired, seated, standing); Nordic skiing (men's cross-country 18km seated; women's cross-country 12km seated)

Highlights

It's the start of the snowboard competition in the mountains at the Genting Snow Park with qualification for the snowboard cross finals from 05:00.

Great Britain are still awaiting a first Winter Paralympic medal in the sport, which made its debut in Sochi in 2014, but James Barnes-Miller, competing in his second Games, could be a threat after winning silver in the UL division for athletes with upper limb impairments at the recent World Championships in Norway.

Owen Pick, another at his second Games, is set to go in the LL2 (lower-limb impairments) event along with debutants Ollie Hill and Andy MacLeod.

On the ski slopes from 02:00, the super-G will take centre stage with six golds up for grabs. Millie Knight and guide Brett Wild won this season's World Cup Crystal Globe in the women's visually impaired division, but this is another strong event for Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova, a two-time gold medallist.

Shona Brownlee took silver in the women's seated event at the