Winter Paralympics: Who are the stars to watch at Beijing 2022?

The Beijing Winter Paralympics will feature around 650 athletes competing in 78 events across six sports.

Whether it is hurtling down the ski slopes at speeds of up to 75mph, enduring cross-country races of up to 20km or crashing into opponents in the ice hockey rink, there will be plenty of excitement over the nine days of competition in China.

Who are the athletes hoping to shine on the big stage? BBC Sport takes a look at just some of the potential headline-makers.

Still only 23, Beijing will be Knight's third Games and she will be hoping that it is third time lucky for gold.

She was the youngest member of the GB team in 2014 aged 15, finishing fifth in the visually impaired slalom and giant slalom, and made her mark with guide Brett Wild in Pyeongchang where the pair picked up silvers in the downhill and super-G, as well as slalom bronze.

Knight has suffered multiple concussions after heavy falls, most recently in early 2021, which left her questioning her future in the sport. However, racing with Wild, she laid down a marker at January's World Championships with super combined gold and super-G bronze.

McKeever is a true Winter Paralympic legend with 17 medals, including 13 golds from five Games, and will be hungry for more in China in what he has said will be his final Games.

The 42-year-old, who was born in Calgary, started Nordic skiing aged three but has been affected by a degenerative eye condition since his teenage years. He is unbeaten in Paralympic cross-country races since Turin in 2006 having won three out of three races in Vancouver (where he was guided by older brother Robin), Sochi and Pyeongchang.

He and Robin starred in a high profile and emotional television commercial for car company Toyota which aired