PARA ALPINE SKIING NEWS
German, Canadian, Austrian skiers seal downhill globes
Kurt Oatway, Mac Marcoux, Anna-Lena Forster and Markus Salcher are all overall winners thanks to their performances in Aspen, USA.
Monthly preview: March 2016
World Championships in track cycling and boccia headline this month in para-sport.
France’s Bochet takes overall downhill World Cup
Competition across classifications also hots up heading into the final downhill races in Aspen, USA.
Nominees for 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards announced
Six para-athletes are up for the World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability category.
Skiers prepare for speed World Cup Finals
Close races loom as skiers go head-to-head for overall super-G and downhill globes between 1-4 March.
Month in review: February 2016
The month was packed with winter sports, including two World Championships.
USA, France, Germany, Russia, Japan win slalom World Cup globes
After the final slalom race of the 2015-16 World Cup season, globes were awarded to USA’s Danelle Umstead, France’s Marie Bochet, Germany’s Anna-Lena Forster, Japan’s Taiki MoriiI, and Russia’s Valerii Redkozubov and Aleksei Bugaev.
Overall giant slalom World Cup winners decided
A dramatic conclusion to the giant slalom races in the World Cup saw the leader board juggled around in Aspen, USA.
Double wins for US skiers at Aspen World Cup Finals
The hosts claimed a further three podium finishes on Aspen Mountain on Wednesday (24 February).
Skiers set to compete for overall technical World Cups
A series of close races are expected as athletes look to overhaul slim margins in the points standings.
Selvi, Dickenson-Lilley, Francois secure back-to-back Europa Cup slalom wins
The trio of skiers once again topped the podium in slalom at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup in Espot, Spain, on Saturday.
Selvi, Whitley dominate at Espot Europa Cup
The two alpine skiers won their respective categories in the first of two slalom races.
Giant slalom concludes at Espot Europa Cup
Skiers from Belgium, Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands claim wins in Spain.
Rabl leads the way once again in Espot Europa Cup
The Austrian Paralympic bronze medallist sit-skier is proving unstoppable in Spain, this time with a win in giant slalom.
Wuerz, Morgenfurt, Rabl double-up on wins in Espot
The Austrian trio dominated the slopes of Spain for the second consecutive day at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup.
Austrian skiers claim six podiums at Espot Europa Cup
Competition in Spain got underway on Monday (8 February) with super combined.
My first time: alpine skier Georg Kreiter
The German world champion was helped on the way to world titles by multiple world and Paralympic champion Martin Braxenthaler.
Frantsev, Salcher, Han go three-for-three at Europa Cup
Due to bad weather downhill races took place on Friday along with super-G, which replaced the super-combined originally scheduled.
Salcher claims victory at alpine Europa Cup
South Korea also enjoyed the top step of the podium courtesy of Sang Min Han in Stara Planina, Serbia.
First Actualising the Dream workshops kick off
Twenty-three athletes, coaches and guides were introduced to the Paralympic Movement and received training from experienced professionals in Stara Planina, Serbia.