Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games

Russians are very proud of their Paralympians but on the streets disabled people are conspicuous by their absence, Kate Ansell reports.

Millie Knight, who carried the union jack at the Sochi Paralympics opening, is just 15, so taking part in skiing events for the visually impaired will give vital experience ahead of the 2018 Games.

A high-level performer in swimming and wheelchair basketball, 19-year-old Ben Sneesby is a gifted all-round sportsman. But skiing is his first love, and a medal at Sochi would be a career highlight.

James Whitley, 16, is ranked second in the world in slalom at under-18 level. Sochi should stand him in good stead as he pushes to become a medal prospect at the 2018 Paralympics in South Korea.

Visually impaired skier Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans earn Great Britain their first-ever gold medal at the Sochi Winter Paralympics, taking the super-G title.

ParalympicsGB’s curling team – two men and two women, all from Scotland – will be hoping to emulate TeamGB’s medal achievements when they perform at Sochi this week.

Competing in five Alpine skiing events for the visually impaired, Kelly Gallagher is ParalympicsGB’s best chance for a medal at Sochi as the team goes for its first-ever gold.

Jordan Jarrett-Bryan looks ahead to the England-Wales rugby clash at Twickenham, day one of the Sochi Paralympics, and the FA Cup quarterfinals – and looks back at that Alan Pardew head-butt.

Visually impaired downhill skier Jade Etherington wins Britain’s first Paralympic medal at Sochi 2014, and the first on snow in 20 years.

Undeterred after shattering her spine during an event in 2006, Anna Turney made ParalympicsGB’s skiing team at Vancouver in 2010. At Sochi she hopes her experience will propel her to a podium place.

Ukraine sends out a symbolic solitary athlete, and Vladimir Putin shares a glass of champagne with the IOC president – this is what happened in Sochi.

Prime Minister David Cameron says it would be wrong for British ministers to attend the Paralympics in Sochi because of the serious situation in Ukraine.

Channel 4 News debates the response to Ukraine’s crisis with writer Anne Applebaum, ex-Kremlin adviser Alexander Nekrassov, former US adviser James Jeffrey and ex-foreign secretary Malcolm Rifkind.