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The Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games are right around the corner and will run from 4 to 13 March 2022.
The Chinese capital is ready to host around 600 of the world's best Paralympic athletes to compete in 78 different events across six sports: alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, biathlon, snowboarding, para ice hockey, and wheelchair curling.
As excitement builds around the Games, we bring you 20 key facts about the sports.
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In para alpine skiing, the distance between guide and athlete in slalom must be less three gates and less than two gates for giant slalom, super-G and downhill.