Hyeongyoon Na of South Korea, who lost both forearms to an electric fence at the North Korean border, competes in the 50m freestyle.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Ziv Eliyahu of Israel takes the tip, in more ways than one, en route to a dominating 62-7 gold medal victory over the United States. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Muhammed Gaddafi of Nigeria took a tortuous and circuitous route down the hill, but he made the finish line in spite of it all. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Thorbjørnn Forsberg of Denmark gets some encouragement from Ida lærkedahl after competing in the IR6(M) one-minute rowing sprint. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Indoor rowing is a stalwart event at Invictus. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Known for 15 years as The Cake Lady, Kath Ryan of Birmingham, England, operates Cakes for Casualties, regularly delivering her homemade cakes to veterans’ hospitals, rehab centres and Britain’s Invictus training camp. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Lee Jarratt of Canada took silver in the Women’s Novice IAS1-Sit Ski at Whistler.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Love was all around.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Britain and Colombia share the love.[Stephen J. Thorne]

The joy of Invictus.[Stephen J. Thorne]

A one-legged diver takes the plunge during swimming competition at the UBC aquatics centre.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Eye of the Tiger. Team Canada flag bearer Adria Brochu prepares for battle at indoor rowing.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Hyeongyoon Na of South Korea competed in swimming and the IR3 four-minute endurance rowing race. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Michael Drover and the Canadian wheelchair basketball team were all thrills and spills en route to a win over Germany in their opening game.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Ziv Eliyahu of Israel puts one up en route to a dominating 62-7 gold medal victory over the United States.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Medal ceremonies brought out the best of B.C.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Ophir Gat of Israel competes in the 50m backstroke ISE.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Tools of everyday life for the wounded warriors of multiple wars, shed to pursue the conquests of sport. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Petrisor Onea of Romania gets hugs and kisses from wife Laura and son Mihai after finishing the IR6(M) four-minute endurance rowing race. [Stephen J. Thorne]

A powerhouse on offence and defence, Alex Witkovski, leader of Brazil’s seated volleyball team, blocks one against NIgeria as the South Americans take the gold medal match in straight games. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Emilien Pauthier of France medalled in multiple events four years after losing his hands to a grenade in Mali. [Stephen J. Thorne]

The British. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Vancouver-Whistler marked the first time for winter sports at the Invictus Games.[Stephen J. Thorne]

With tributes to Canada and his native Britain on either side of his head, wheelchair rugby’s Mac McClaren takes a pass during action against New Zealand. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Canada’s Assunta Aquino won the Women’s Int-Adv IAS4-Open & MFI alpine skiing event at Whistler, taking the gold in 18.03s, almost 3s faster than her closest competitor. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Kim Hardy of Canada takes possession of the ball in wheelchair rugby action versus Jean-Sebastian Bergeron, a Canadian competing for Team Unconquered 2, one of several Unconquered teams made up of athletes from various countries.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Jeana Provias of Canada prepares to defend the serve versus Australia. [Stephen J. Thorne]

Lydia Figary of the U.S. edged Chelsea Clayton of Australia by 0.6s to take 50m breaststroke ISE gold.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Meghan and Harry at courtside.[Stephen J. Thorne]

Prince Harry spent more time with athletes at these Games than he did in Toronto. Here, he sits with Brazilian, Nigerian and Ukrainian seated volleyballers.[Stephen J. Thorne]