The IX Paralympic Winter Games takes place in Turin from 10-19 March with Great Britain competing in three events - wheelchair curling, alpine skiing and sledge hockey.All times in GMT.
WHEELCHAIR CURLING
Sunday 12 March
1100 - GB v Switzerland
1600 - GB v Denmark Tuesday 14 March
1100 - GB v Italy
1600 - GB v Canada Thursday 16 March
1100 - Possible tie-breaker
1600 - Possible tie-breaker
|  | Monday 13 March
1100 - GB v Norway
1600 - GB v Canada Wednesday 15 March
1100 - GB v USA
1600 - Possible tie-breaker
Friday 17 March
1100 - Semi-finals
1600 - Bronze medal play-off |
Saturday 18 March
1100 - Gold medal play-off
Beginner's guide
 Sweepers are not permitted in wheelchair curling |
Wheelchair curling, which makes its debut in Turin, follows the same rules as its Olympic counterpart, except no sweeping is permitted and each game is played over six ends rather than 10. The object of the sport is to slide smooth granite stones across the ice towards a target (the house), marked on opposite ends of each sheet.
Each team must include at least one woman and is made up of four players with each athlete delivering two stones alternating with the opposing team.
The objective is to reach the 'house', which is marked by four large concentric different coloured circles. The team that places the most stones closest to the centre of the house wins the point.
ALPINE SKIING
| Russell Docker
Sit-skier (LW12) | Liz Miller
Amputee (LW4) | Sean Rose
Sit-skier (LW11) |
| 11 Mar | | Downhill | |
| 12 Mar | Downhill | | Downhill |
| 13 Mar | | Super-G | |
| 14 Mar | Super-G | | Super-G |
| 15 Mar | Rest day | Rest day | Rest day |
| 16 Mar | | Giant slalom | |
| 17 Mar | Giant slalom | | Giant slalom |
| 18 Mar | | Slalom | |
| 19 Mar | Slalom | | Slalom |
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Beginner's guide
 Alpine skiers can compete on a sit-ski (above) |
The alpine skiing events include downhill, super-G (super giant slalom), giant slalom and slalom. Athletes with a physical disability will compete either sitting on a sit-ski or standing using one or two skis and poles depending on the nature of their disability.
Athletes who are blind or partially sighted compete with a guide who skis either beside or behind the competitor while providing verbal instruction on slope and direction.
Paralympic events use a specifically devised classification criteria to mediate between the different disabilities, but in all competitions, the winner is the one who, without missing any gates, records the lowest time over the course.
SLEDGE HOCKEY
Saturday 11 March
2030 - GB v Canada
Group A match Monday 13 March
No GB game
Wednesday 15 March
1100 - Play-off (A3 v B4)
2030 - Play-off (B3 v A4) | | Sunday 12 March
1700 - GB v Norway
Group A match Tuesday 14 March
1300 - GB v Italy
Group A match Thursday 16 March
1100 - Semi-final (A1 v B2)
2030 - Semi-final (B1 v A2) |
Saturday 18 March
1700 - Bronze medal play-off
2030 - Gold medal play-off
Beginner's guide
 Sledge hockey is almost identical to ice hockey except for the equipment |
Ice Sledge Hockey is the version of traditional ice hockey for athletes with a lower limb disability. Players use specially designed sledges fitted with two blades to propel themselves across the ice and have two playing sticks, which they use like a ski-pole to push themselves and to shoot the puck.
There are five players (two defenders and three attackers) and one goaltender, with no limit on the number of substitutions, but a total of 15 players is allowed in each team.
The periods are shorter than for ice hockey, with three of 15 minutes length, and the object of the game is simply to score more goals than the other team.
OTHER SPORTS
Cross-country skiing
Sunday 12 March, Wednesday 15 March, Friday 17 - Sunday 19 March
Biathlon
Saturday 11 March, Tuesday 14 March
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