No mountain is too high to conquer
Han Minsu, captain of Team Korea's para ice hockey team, climbs the torch platform during the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony on March 9. With the Olympic torch on his back, Han climbed the steep staircase with the aid of his prosthetic foot and a rope, to hand over the flame to the final torchbearers at the top of the Olympic Stadium. (Hyoja-dong Studio)

Olympic torch burns bright in the hands of the two Koreas
Cross-country skiers Choi Bogue of South Korea and Ma Yu Chol of North Korea wave to the crowd while carrying the Olympic torch together during the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony on March 9. (Yonhap News)

Winner of PyeongChang Paralympics' first gold medal
Slovakian para alpine skier Henrieta Farkasova becomes the first gold medalist of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
Farkasova (left) competed in the alpine skiing women's downhill visually impaired race, held at the Jeongseon Alpine Center on March 10. Led by her guide, Natalia Subrtova (right), she finished the course in first place with a time of 1:29.72. (Yonhap News)

Team Korea wins first medal
Korean para cross-country skier Sin Eui Hyun (right) claims the bronze medal in the PyeongChang Paralympics cross-country skiing men's 15 km sitting event, held at the Alpensia Biathlon Center on March 11. Sin, who finished the race with a time of 42:28.9, won Team Korea's first PyeongChang Paralympics medal. This is also the third medal for Korea in its Paralympic Winter Games history. (Yonhap News)

A round of applause for last place
North Korea's Kim Jong Hyon finished the PyeongChang Paralympics cross-country skiing men's 15 km sitting race in last place at the Alpensia Biathlon Center on March 11. Even though he crossed the finish line after the event's venue ceremony ended, his perseverance moved the audience. Kim began training in cross-country skiing last December, and PyeongChang is his first ever Paralympics. (Korean Paralympic Committee)

Team Korea's para ice hockey team headed for semi-finals
Members of the Korean para ice hockey team rejoice after winning their second preliminary match against the Czech Republic 3-2 at the Gangneung Ice Hockey Center on March 11. Having beat Japan 4-1, Korea will face the U.S. on March 13 with two victories under its belt. The Korean para ice hockey team is ranked third in the world. (Heo Man-jin, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism)

Ukrainian para biathlete clinches fifth gold medal
Team Ukraine's Vitaliy Luk'yanenko (center), the reigning champion of para biathlon, wins the gold medal in the PyeongChang Paralympics biathlon men's 7.5 km visually impaired event, at the Alpensia Biathlon Center on March 10. This is Luk'yanenko's fifth Paralympics, and his fifth gold medal in the sport. Luk'yanenko began to lose his sight at the age of 5, and started skiing at the age of 10. He has been skiing now for over 30 years. (Kim Sunjoo)

Belgian sisters claim bronze together
Belgian para alpine skier Eleonor Sana (right) speeds down the course led by her sister and guide runner Chloé Sana during the PyeongChang Paralympics alpine skiing women's downhill visually impaired event, held at the Jeongseon Alpine Center on March 10. The sisters finished the race with a time of 1:31.60 to claim the bronze medal, brining Belgium its first medal in Pyeongchang. (Yonhap News)