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![Martin Fleig of Germany competes at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/140617094706425_SOC_20140314_LP_0117_WEB.jpg)
Double podium for hosts Germany at biathlon World Cup
Wins for Russia, Ukraine and France during the sprint races on the opening day of competition in Finsterau.
![Helene Ripa](/sites/default/files/images/140311180742687_ripa.jpg)
Ripa ready to rip after delayed season start
Swedish Paralympic champion Helene Ripa is ready for her first cross-country skiing World Cup after missing the opening round.
![medals and trophies](/sites/default/files/images/151210125109594_medals.jpg)
IPC Snow Sports launches medal and trophy design competition
The next generation of para-snow sport fans are being asked to design medals and trophies for cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine skiing and snowboard World Cups.
![Grigory Murygin](/sites/default/files/images/131008112723196_Murygin%2BEDIT_0.jpg)
Russian skiers take final day victories at biathlon World Cup
Stanislav Chokhlaev completes 100 per cent podium record in Tyumen, Russia.
![Athlete with ear phones takes aim in biathlon.](/sites/default/files/images/140617095536498_SOC_20140314_LP_1109_WEB.jpg)
Chokhlaev continues dominance over Polukhin
Russian skiers won all races on home snow, but Norway and France also get in on the podium action at the biathlon World Cup in Tyumen.
![Benjamin Daviet](/sites/default/files/images/120211140331292_fraBenjaminDAVIETccl10.jpg)
France’s Daviet wins first World Cup biathlon race
The most decorated athlete from the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Russia’s Roman Petushkov, also takes his first win of the season in Tyumen, Russia.
![Mac Marcoux in a close-up focussing on the slalom pole in front of him](/sites/default/files/images/140325143744546_478363117.jpg)
What to watch: December 2015
Here is a look at the events to watch before the year concludes.
![Top 50 moments 2015 - No. 30 Soule becomes most decorated US Nordic skier](/sites/default/files/images/151202083935937_30%2Blandscape_0.jpg)
No. 30 Soule becomes most decorated US Nordic skier
The USA’s Andrew Soule won an incredible five medals across biathlon and cross-country skiing at his home World Championships in 2015.
![Thomas Clarion of France competes in the 4 x 2.5km Open Relay cross-country at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/images/151125085407119_thomas_0.jpg)
Clarion resets with new guide for 2015-16
The Frenchman won his first World Championships medal in 2015 and will use the coming season to build a relationship with Antoine Bollet.
![France's Benjamin Daviet helped to secure victory over world champions Russia at Cable 2015.](/sites/default/files/images/150201202339935_Benjamin%2BDaviet%2BCable%2B2015_1.jpg)
Daviet eyes world and Paralympic titles
French standing Nordic skier Benjamin Daviet will use the 2015-16 World Cup season to build towards his first individual gold medals.
Masters returns to Ukraine for first time
US Paralympic rowing and Nordic skiing medallist visits the country where she was orphaned and meets children, injured soldiers and the US Ambassador.
![Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon snowboards down the course at Sochi 2014.](/sites/default/files/images/140424124905041_478667237_0.jpg)
French reveal 2015-16 snow sport teams
Twelve skiers, snowboarders and Nordic skiers will compete during 2015-16, including at competitions on their home slopes.
![Nils-Erik Ulset of Norway](/sites/default/files/images/150313124055304_478601107.jpg)
Ulset tips Bye as next big thing in Nordic skiing
Norway’s Paralympic and world championships medallist believes that his up-and-coming teammate Eirik Bye has the potential to make a big impact.
![Mark Arendz competes at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games](/sites/default/files/images/140617095322782_SOC_20140314_LP_0732_WEB.jpg)
Arendz excited by new cross-country marathon
Canada’s double Sochi 2014 medallist believes the new 30km race will attract additional interest to para-Nordic skiing.
Hosts wanted for snow sport Worlds
IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard and IPC Cross-Country Skiing and Biathlon are looking for bidders for the 2019 and 2021 World Championships.
![Woman cross country skiing](/sites/default/files/images/150821181037511_GettyImages-477592143.jpg)
Cross-country ski, biathlon 2015-16 calendar confirmed
Inclusion of marathon distance for the first time, as six biathlon and cross-country World Cups are confirmed.
![Woman cross country skiing](/sites/default/files/images/150821181037511_GettyImages-477592143.jpg)
Made homeless by Tsunami, Abe pushed on
Japanese Nordic skier Yurika Abe managed two top five World Cup finishes in 2014-15, emerging as one her country’s greatest future medal hopes.
![Brittany Hudak of Canada competes in the Women's Cross Country 5km Free Standing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150508090141755_479029811.jpg)
Nordic skiing: Five future faces
A World Championships and the World Cup in the 2014-15 season threw up some athletes that could be the podium-toppers of the future.
IPC Governing Board meeting finishes in Tokyo
The Board approved the athlete and medal event quotas for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
![South Korea struck gold on Saturday (21 March) at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool by beating Sweden, 4-2](/sites/default/files/images/150321200809986_IPC%2BIce%2BSledge%2BHockey%2BWorld%2BChampionships%2B2015%2BB-Pool_589.jpg)
Month in para-sport review: March 2015
Catch-up on an extremely busy month for para-sport with events taking place in both winter and summer sports.