Chronological summary of the 2014 Winter Paralympics

This page contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2014 Winter Paralympics, which took place in Sochi, Russia.

All times are in Moscow Time (UTC+4).

Calendar

OCOpening ceremony Event competitions #Event finals CCClosing ceremony
March 7th
Fri
8th
Sat
9th
Sun
10th
Mon
11th
Tue
12th
Wed
13th
Thu
14th
Fri
15th
Sat
16th
Sun
Events
CeremoniesOCCC
Alpine skiing 6 3 3 3 3 8 3 3 32
Biathlon 6 6 6 18
Cross-country skiing 2 4 6 2 6 20
Ice sledge hockey 1 1
Wheelchair curling 1 1
Total events1257693147972
Cumulative total121724303942566372
March 7th
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8th
Sat
9th
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10th
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11th
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12th
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Events

Day 1 − Friday 7 March

Opening ceremony
  • The opening ceremony took place at the Fisht Olympic Stadium. The ceremony included the lighting of the Paralympic Cauldron, as well as the athlete's parade. In response to Russia's military intervention, Ukraine only sent their flag bearer, Mykhaylo Thackenko, into the ceremony, with the others remaining outside in protest. There were huge cheers when Ukraine was announced, however.[1][2]

Day 2 − Saturday 8 March

Alpine skiing
Biathlon
  • Women's 6km
    • In the visually impaired event, Russia won both gold and silver medals, with Mikhalina Lysova and guide Alexey Ivanov first and Iuliia Budeleeva and guide Tatiana Malkseva second. Oksana Shyshkova and guide Lada Nesterenko (Ukraine) finished third.
    • In the sitting event, Andrea Eskau (Germany) finished first with no misses, and a calculated time of 19:12.4. Russia's Svetlana Konovalova finished second, 18.7 seconds behind, and Olena Iurkovska (Ukraine) finished third.
    • In the standing event, Russia took the gold and silver medals. Alena Kaufman finished first, with Anna Milenina second. Iuliia Betenkova (Ukraine) finished third.
  • Men's 7.5km
    • In the visually impaired event, Vitaliy Lukyanenko and guide Borys Babar (Ukraine) finished with gold medals. Nikolay Polukhin and guide Andrey Tokarev (Russia) finished second, with Vasili Shaptsiaboi and guide Mikhail Lebedzeu (Belarus) third.
    • In the sitting event, Russian Roman Petushkov finished with no misses in first. Maksym Yarovyi (Ukraine) finished second and Kozo Kubo (Japan) third, both also with no misses.
    • In the standing event, Canadian Mark Arendz finished second, 0.7 seconds behind Vladislav Lekomtcev (Russia), who won gold. The next three places were all filled by Russian athletes, with Azat Karachurin winning the bronze medal.
Ice sledge hockey
Wheelchair curling
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NPC Rec Ref
Alpine skiing Women's downhill Visually Impaired Henrieta Farkasova
Guide: Natalia Subrtova
 Slovakia [3]
Sitting Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany [4]
Standing Marie Bochet  France [5]
Men's downhill Visually Impaired Jon Santacana Maiztegui
Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces
 Spain [6]
Sitting Akira Kano  Japan [7]
Standing Markus Salcher  Austria [8]
Biathlon Women's 6km Visually Impaired Mikhalina Lysova
Guide: Alexey Ivanov
 Russia [9]
Sitting Andrea Eskau  Germany [10]
Standing Alena Kaufman  Russia [11]
Men's 7.5km Visually Impaired Vitaliy Lukyanenko
Guide: Borys Babar
 Ukraine [12]
Sitting Roman Petushkov  Russia [13]
Standing Vladislav Lekomtcev  Russia [14]

Day 3 − Sunday 9 March

Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
Ice sledge hockey
Wheelchair curling
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NPC Rec Ref
Alpine skiing Men's Super-G Visually Impaired Jaku Krako
Guide: Martin Motyka
 Slovakia
Sitting Akira Kano  Japan
Standing Markus Salcher  Austria
Cross-country skiing Men's 15km Sitting Roman Petushkov  Russia
Women's 12km Sitting Lyudmyla Pavlenko  Ukraine

Day 4 − Monday 10 March

Alpine skiing
Cross-country skiing
  • Men's 20km
    • In the standing event, Russians Rushan Minnegulov and Vladislav Lekomtcev finished first and third respectively. Ilkka Tuomisto (Finland) finished second.
    • In the visually impaired event, Brian McKeever and guide Graham Nishikawa (Canada) finished first, with Stanislav Chohlaev and guide Maksim Pirogov (Russia) second. Zebastian Modin and guide Albin Ackerot (Sweden) finished with the bronze medal.
  • Women's 15km
Wheelchair curling
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NPC Rec Ref
Alpine skiing Women's Super-G Visually Impaired Kelly Gallagher
Guide: Charlotte Evans
 Great Britain
Sitting Anna Schaffelhuber  Germany
Standing Marie Bochet  France
Cross-country skiing Men's 20km Standing Rushan Minnegulov  Russia
Visually impaired Brian McKeever
Guide: Graham Nishikawa
 Canada
Women's 15km Standing Helene Ripa  Sweden
Visually impaired Elena Remizona
Guide: Natalia Yakimova
 Russia

Day 5 − Tuesday 11 March

Alpine skiing
Biathlon
Ice sledge hockey
Wheelchair curling
Gold medalists
Sport Event Competitor(s) NPC Rec Ref
Biathlon Women's 10km Visually Impaired
Sitting
Standing
Men's 12.5km Visually Impaired
Sitting
Standing


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