Guides from Norway, Ukraine and Germany shared their thoughts whilst they compete at the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships.
Paralympic champions Oleksandra Kononova and Grygorii Vovchynskyi, who married in 2011, are representing Ukraine at the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships in Finsterau.
Alpine Skiing
Medallists from the recently concluded World Para Alpine Skiing Championships highlight the fields for slalom and giant slalom.
Great Britain
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Cross-Country Skiing
The US sit-skier was the fastest in the women’s cross-country sprint race to claim her maiden world title in Finsterau, Germany.
Cycling
Great Britain´s most decorated female Paralympian is yet not satisfied with her medal haul and aims to win more titles in four-years-time.
Wheelchair Tennis
The 16-year-old wheelchair tennis player dreams of reaching the top spot in the women´s rankings, emulating what her hero and tennis legend Martina Hingis did over a decade ago.
New Zealand
The third edition of this event since the end of Rio 2016 will take place on 18 February and aims to raise awareness of Para sports in the country.
Cross-Country Skiing
Successful sporting events are a consequence of the hard work of many people behind the scenes.
It will be the sixth edition of the event, with the previous ones taking place in Madrid, Quebec, Sao Paulo, Antalya and Seoul.
Cross-Country Skiing
The German sit-skier, who won silver in the women´s biathlon middle distance sitting at Finsterau 2017, says a good book always helps her relax before competing.
Cross-Country Skiing
There were also further podium finishes for German biathletes in Finsterau on Saturday (11 February).
Table Tennis
Mikela Risto, Zoran Talic, Liam Malone and Sophie Pascoe all received prestigious national honours.
Cross-Country Skiing
The German will be a strong candidate for gold in the women´s sitting events Finsterau, from 10-19 February.
Cross-Country Skiing
The Japanese Nordic skier, also an acupuncture professor, hopes his performance in Finsterau can inspire his students to strive for their best.
Cross-Country Skiing
Having been pleased with his season so far, the young Norwegian is hoping to make a step up in Finsterau, Germany.
Goalball
The goalball competition will take place in Malmo, Sweden, between 11-12 February.
America
Argentina´s wheelchair tennis player sealed the singles and doubles titles at the Melbourne Open and followed that up with a singles title at the Australian Open.
Belgium
He was presented the award by IPC President Sir Philip Craven.
VISTA
The winner of the award will give a keynote address at September’s VISTA conference in Toronto, Canada.